Damiaen Joan Van Doorninck
Damiaen J. van Doorninck (29 August 1902 Vught - 24 September 1987, Mynachlog-ddu) was a Dutch officer (lieutenant in the Royal Netherlands Navy Reserve) and a POW in Colditz.
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