This file, researched by Ruby Todorovski researcher at the University of Queensland includes documents regarding people who wanted to migrate to Australia after the war and issues regarding the repatriation of service people.
See also:
Evacuees from Netherlands East Indies recuperating in Australia after WWII
Links to declassified WWII Australian Documents re the Netherlands East Indies
Jacob Teunis Guijs was born in Sliedrecht on 4 November 1917. He was the youngest son of labourer Arie Guijs and Barbera de Waard. Jacob was among the Dutch workers who travelled to Australia in Read more
Petrus Franciscus Martinus Hendriks was born on 16 May 1914 at a house on Gasthuislaan in Leiden. He was the son of Martinus Hendriks, a copperplate printer, and Anna Oomens. On 3 November 1937, Petrus Read more
Pieter Willem van der Veer was born in Hellevoetsluis on 11 December 1916. He was the son of Jacob van der Veer (1889–1928), who worked as a blacksmith and pyrotechnician at a shipyard, and Sara Read more