Friesland Battalion
The Friesland Battalion (Dutch: Bataljon "Friesland", West Frisian: Bataljon "Fryslân"), officially the 1e Bataljon 9e Regiment Infanterie (1-9 R.I.) was a battalion made up of oorlogsvrijwilligers from Friesland that participated in the Dutch police actions of the Indonesian National Revolution. == History == On 16 September 1945, the 1-9 R.I. was formed in Fochteloo from Frisian members of the Binnenlandse Strijdkrachten, the combined armed Dutch resistance organizations during World War II. The battalion was under the command of lieutenant colonel E. Wiersma and was sent to Wokingham in the United Kingdom for training and equipment; they also received basic Malay language lessons.