Teunis “Teun” van Genderen was born in Sliedrecht on 25 January 1918. He was the son of Teunis van Genderen and Johanna Nederlof. His father died in Lüneburg, Germany, on 17 May 1945, shortly after the liberation, and is remembered Read more
Pieter “Piet” van Wijngaarden was born in Sliedrecht on 24 September 1922. He was the son of Marinus van Wijngaarden, an engineer, and Antje Visser. Pieter became an assistant dredgemaster and worked in tin dredging for the NV Billiton Maatschappij. Read more
Bernardus Johannes Meertens was born in Kruiningen, Zeeland, on 29 April 1920. He was the son of Leendert Jacobus Meertens and Geertruid Elsman. On 22 June 1950, Bernardus departed from Schiphol aboard the first KLM flight carrying Dutch workers associated Read more
On 22 July 1950, Pieter Snoey, known as Peter, departed from Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport aboard the KLM flight carrying Dutch workers and family members to Australia. He occupied seat G2 and arrived in Sydney on 26 July, following several intermediate Read more
Karel Frederik Lodewijk Morlang was born in Vlissingen on 3 December 1919, the son of Jan Morlang and Catharina de Buck. His father served as a sailor and victualling steward with the Royal Netherlands Navy, and Karel later followed him Read more
Jan Cornelis Maasland was born in Brandwijk, South Holland, on 17 March 1926. He was the son of Gerrit Maasland, born in Molenaarsgraaf in 1891, and Clara de Ruijter, born in Bleskensgraaf en Hofwegen in 1896. On 22 July 1950, Read more
Dirk Hartman Dorchain was born in Rotterdam on 22 April 1925, the son of Dirk Hartman Dorchain, an office clerk, and Johanna Clazina Schalkwijk. Around 1950, he married Teuna Boer, whose name was sometimes recorded as Tuena. Born in Sliedrecht Read more
Dirk Groen was born in IJmuiden, the Netherlands, on 26 May 1927, the son of Johan Groen and Geertje Prins. His last recorded address in IJmuiden was 84 Bloemstraat. During the Second World War, Dirk was arrested by the German Read more
Frederik Spackler, known as Fred, was born in Tjepoe, now Cepu, in Indonesia on 19 October 1923. He trained and worked as a marine engineer. During the German occupation of the Netherlands, Spackler was arrested by the Sicherheitsdienst in Apeldoorn Read more
Jacob Adrianus den Hartog was born in Utrecht on 25 February 1921. He was the son of the unmarried Maggeltje den Hartog. Jacob chose a maritime career and worked as a merchant seaman with the Dutch shipping company Nievelt. His Read more