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VAN DER MEY, Tony & Corrie

Born 28 June 1930
Born 8 June 1932

Origin Netherlands
First settled in Queens Park WA

JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT

Departure Port Amsterdam
Arrival Year 1955

Fremantle

4 panel

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Tony & Corrie departed the Netherlands 2 days after they married. On arriving in WA they stayed with friends, eventually building their own home in Queens Park. They purchased a partnership in a Concrete Water Tank business later becoming sole owners. They brought up 9 children who all still reside in Australia.

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