Gotfried Coenraad Ernst van Daalen

Gotfried Coenraad Ernst van Daalen
Frits van Daalen
Born23 March 1863
Makassar, Dutch East Indies
Died22 February 1930(1930-02-22) (aged 66)
The Hague, Netherlands
Allegiance Netherlands
BranchRoyal Dutch East Indies Army
RankLieutenant General
CommandsKNIL
ConflictsAceh War

Gotfried Coenraad Ernst "Frits" van Daalen (23 March 1863 – 22 February 1930) was a Dutch military officer of the Royal Dutch East Indies Army who served as the Governor of Aceh from 1905 until 1908. During the Aceh War, van Daalen and his men were responsible for the Kuta Reh massacre, in which hundreds of men, women, and children were killed.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.