A photograph of a young man overlooking Cronulla beach captures a moment in an Australian life that his family is still trying to reconstruct. The man is Wilhelmus Bernardus Rijks, also known as Bill Ryks. Read more
Egbert Adriaan van der Sluijs, known as Bert, was born in Sliedrecht on 20 September 1892. He was a son of Johannes Abraham van der Sluijs and Sija Helena de Lint. His varied working life Read more
Anne Pieter Erkelens was born in Sliedrecht on 27 August 1911. He was a son of Adriaan Erkelens and Elizabeth Visser and grew up with his brothers Cornelis and Adriaan in a community closely connected Read more