BOSSCHAART, Nicolaas & Will

27 February 1919 – 14 June 1972

Origin Rotterdam, Nederland
Accompanying Family Wife Wilhelmina & Children Yvonne & Nicolaas.
First settled in Northcliffe, WA
Original Occupation Boilermaker
Occupation in Australia Boilermaker

JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT

Departure Port Ijmuiden
Arrival Year 1956

Fremantle

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He migrated to Perth following his best friend Adolf Van De Putten who worked with him on the Dutch railways as Machine Bank workers. Both families had to live in a small sawmill house and when the mill closed they both moved to Midland to work as Boilermakers in the railway workshops.

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