Gerard Verhoeven
| First name | Gerard |
|---|---|
| Last name | Verhoeven |
| Country of Origin | Netherlands |
| Year of Arrival in Australia | 1953 |
| Submitted by | Gerard Verhoeven |
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Re Gerard H. Verhoeven, name reservation IBA01HR of 3/8/2006
I arrived in Australia on the MV ‘Tahitien’ on 13 November 1953, aged 28. Born in Rotterdam and growing up in Indonesia, I came via the (then) Dutch colony of Cura�ao to Sydney. I worked on the NSW Government Railways and married my wonderful Australian girl from Chinchilla Qld, Joyce Fraser. We lived in various places in country NSW before I joined the Postmaster-General\’s department, moving to several places in North Queensland. On retirement we moved to the ACT where our daughters (2) were living. Joyce passed away on 1 September 1999.