Field post card – Watch closely—mind well, the tough lads at play – 11 October 1939
“To Mr
J.A. Borgström
Hallijstraat 31
Conscript Private Th. M. Borgström
M.C. I‑39 R.I.
Covering Detachment
Southern Front
Field Post Office 7
W.J.P.
Greetings from a little “Kwatta soldier.”
(Theodorus Mattheus Borgström was born on 11 May 1910 in Rotterdam. His parents were Abraham Borgström and Grietje Stark. On 3 October 1930, Theodorus was enlisted as an ordinary conscript of the 1930 draft from Rotterdam and assigned to the 15th Infantry Regiment. On 25 May 1940, he was granted extended leave.)
