Republished with permission. Chapter 31 of the book: A Touch of Dutch. For the full pdf of the book click here.
A Dutch naval engineer from the Netherlands East Indies to wartime Australia When the story of the Royal Netherlands Navy during the Second World War is told, the focus is usually on submarines, destroyers and Read more
Memories of my father, Captain Adrianus Cornelis Marinus (Hoffie) Hofman Adrianus Cornelis Marinus Hofman was born in Velsen, a small town in the Province of North Holland, on the 26th of September 1898. His childhood Read more
Jordan Bos is a football/soccer player with connections to both Australia and the Netherlands. Bos was born in Melbourne on 29 October 2002 to parents Jacco and Sandra, who raised him and his younger brother Read more