De oorlog van Fonger Wiersma

The skûtsje de “Lastdrager”, a large 49 ton property of Fonger Wiersma, was requisitioned in the 1st World War (1914-1918) for the accommodation of Belgian soldiers in Rijs in Gaasterland. The ship was moored here in the Luts, close to the crossing from Rijs to Bakhuizen. In the photo with the Belgian soldiers, Fonger Haitzes Wiersma and his wife Trijntje Thomas' Nijdam and their three children Ha…