 Grandfather Jacobus Bosmans |
 The Hague Ammunitie Haven |
 Anna Meysen wife of Jacobus Bosmans and a tale |
 Hendrik (Henri) Bosmans with cello |
 Henri Bosmans at the Concertgebouw |
 Jacobus Bosmans composition in his handwriting |
 My father Antoon Bosmans at 12 years |
 Sara and daughter Henriette in Amsterdam |
 Programme Concertgebouw Concert 28-1-1928 |
 Book gift for Antoon Bosmans from his sister Jo who made the cover. |
 102 years ago |
 Quo Vadis, is a historical novel written by Henryk Sienkiewicz translated in Dutch |
 To Antoon Bosmans from his sister Johanna The Hague 30 August 1910 |
 Antoon Bosmans on his 21st birthday |
 Cousin Anna (Annie) Bosmans 3 years old |
 Jacques Bosmans eldest brother of Antoon cutting hair in army camp 1913 |
 Tobacconist shop and Gents's hairdressing salon |
 Grandma Anna Bosmans - Meysen, a strong minded lady |
 Antoon Bosmans has a headstart in the fashion stakes |
 In step and you don't want to be seen without a hat |
 The pastor of the flourishing vineyard by Felix Timmermans |
 A book gift to Marie Leferink in memory of Sunday 28 April 1929, signed Tonny |
 Brushwood and roses by Herman de Man a present for Antoon |
 To my fiancée, summer 1929, Marie. (still has the price fl.3,25 showing) |
 St. Jacobus Church in Enschede |
 Antoon Bosmans and Marie Leferink on their wedding day |
 St.Eusebius Church Nieuwe Plein Arnhem |
 Bernard two months old |
 Birthday celebration |
 A gentle Tera and a inquisitive one year old Bernard |
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 Anna Bosmans Meijsen and daughter Geertruida |
 Arnhem old pontoon bridge |
 More than pipe tobacco went up in smoke..... |
 Are you ready...smile |
 Family shot of Antoon , Marie. and their offspring |
 Henriette Bosmans music |
 Henriette Bosmans and Francis Koene |
 Antoon Bosmans ready to face the winter |
 Old pontoon bridge at Arnhem |
 Souvenir mirror |
 Dirk van Leeuwen and Geertruida (Truus) Bosmans |
 In step with Mum and Auntie |
 First day of a new year |
 Afternoon walk near Mariendaal and all is well in our neck of the woods |
 A stroll in the woods has come to an end |
 Mum's prize winning photo. |
 Antoon enjoying a beer at the 'Oude Tol' |
 Mum called her son Kees a little Mussolini |
 Hold on the photographer is a bit slow with the shutter |
 A new home and it's all smiles at Utrechtse road 152b |
 Sonsbeek park and for us 'bootjevaren' |
 Rika Bosmans Jakma and her daughter Annie |
 Card from an artistic uncle |
 Bernard at school desk St. Eusebius Primary School |
 Leesplankje |
 Hermsen our warm baker across the road |
 The little Lombokkers at kindergarten in 1936 |
 My time at kinder, Kees and Jacqueline...and what about me says Teddy Bear |
 Ajebo cigars, our own brand |
 Our brick paved street with its shady linden trees |
 Herman van der Wal our uncle, and his 'bolknak' cigar |
 Look at the camera, says Mum |
 St. Jansschool Arnhem where my sister went in the late thirties |
 A greying Antoon and a solid Marie a happy combination. |
 Red tulips for Herman van der Wal and Johanna (Jo) Bosmans |
 Kurt Melde and daughter Martha in 1935 |
 Jacques Bosmans with his grandchidren Henny and Martha |
 A celebration of sorts |
 We didn't mind shopping at the grocer on the corner. |
 St Elisabeth Gasthuis Arnhem |
 Picture drawn by Frans Leferink as memory of my 1st Communion |
 Jacqueline in her immaculate white communion dress |
 Cigars had to give way to our local football heros |
 The last kick of a devoted father and husband |
 Antoon Bosmans 1892-1938 |
 St Elisabeth Gasthuis Arnhem |
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 The youngest Tony 20 months old and his empty plate |
 Kees and Frans in a race for glory |
 The fatherless Bosmans family returning from a walk |
 Was it that cold, that one of my legs just snapped off? |
 Some of the folks who came through this door |
 Wall telephone in our passage and our number was 23615 |
 Young Tony in an easy chair |
 The road to school, on foot ofcourse |
 Our kitchen stove |
 We called this a 'Keulse pot' |
 Didn't get a chance to cross the river being a non-swimmer |
 One of the many strip books we read in our youth |
 Dad already had been busy shovelling snow to create a way out the door |
 The sandpit of our kindergarten, where we all amused ourselves |
 Wedding Jan Aalbers and Marie Bosmans-Leferink |
 Fast flowing waters, just as time goes swiftly by |
 A stroll along the Rhine with our new Dad at Onderlangs |
 Family on bench in front Aalbers farmhouse |
 Seven bridges to cross and the road ahead looks bleak |
 Thumping hearts and a lot of broken glass, we have been invaded |
 Out of tune |
 A cute little sister |
 Tracking the footsteps of our dad |
 Aalbers farm in snow, now heritage listed |
 Snow in abundance and Tony doesn't care about cold hands |
 Waiting for the train to arrive |
 Arnhem station |
 A bridge all steamed up and borders to be defended |
 Games we played |
 Lombok neighbourhood kids |
 Cornelis Johannes Elias Bosmans 1880 - 1941 |
 Ups and downs inside St Eusebius Church |
 Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea (ca.260-ca.340). |
 Making eyes on a Voigtlander lens |
 An innocent Bernard goes to prison |
 Star of David |
 Find the missing swine |
 St. Eusebius Primary 6th grade |
 Hang on, I'll explain this hangout |
 Bathing house at Nassau Square |
 A story for the 'chicken-hearted' |
 Every dog had its day |
 Cousin Karel arrested and taken away |
 View from our bedroom |
 A time of peace and good will….. |
 Gloria in Excelsis Deo |
 Henriette Bosmans distress |
 Hendrik and Johanna Aalbers 40th wedding anniversary |
 First Airborne Division lands near Arnhem |
 Battle of Arnhem September 1944 |
 A bridge too far |
 A hell hole of a place |
 We're refugees now |
 We are fleeing |
 Our new residence for eight months |
 Stoking a fire and filling a belly |
 Activity in the air and anxiety below |
 V-1 rocket in flight and the end of war in sight |
 Jacques Bosmans at his desk receiving the bad news |
 Letter from Queen Wilhelmina to Jacques Bosmans |
 Karel Bosmans 1915-1944.jpg |
 Heaps of rubble to be cleared, truckload after truckload |
 The cover of our own magazine , the Pax Hill Post |
 Leaders St. Paulus scouts group and patrol leaders |
 Scouting summer camp |
 Scissor and knife grinder |
 On the steps at the main entrance |
 Nederlandse Heidemaatschappij head office in Arnhem |
 Evening silhouettes on the river Yssel |
 Sisters sharing some finger licking good cooking secrets outside the kitchen door |
 Ambachtsschool on Boulevard Heuvelink |
 Roof gutter drawing by Tony while at Technical school |
 While the family is talking, I'll show you around. |
 Jacques' tricks got our stepfather and Frans baffled |
 Jacques having the last laugh |
 Frans at his first job at Hofstede nursery |
 LSK Airforce Snijders barracks in Nymegen |
 On my belly and ready to fire |
 Stengun practise at Heumensoord |
 March past at airbase Volkel |
 Henriette Bosmans meets Queen Juliana |
 More than a finger in the dyke and Keith seen on this photo second from the bottom |
 Last day at the office with my colleagues |
 No one is freezing the pile yet? Dad and Keith versus Jo and Tony |
 Jacqueline and Frank at Baulings dance school |
 Johanna Bosmans with Martha and Henny Melde shopping in Amsterdam |
 Jacques Bosmans is 75 |
 Foursome and my last day on home soil |
 Jacques Bosmans |
 A walk on the river Rhine in Arnhem |
 Our neighbourhoods Lombok and Heijenoord from the air |
 Lombok and Heijenoord neighbourhoods from the air |
 ms Johan van Oldenbarnevelt with 1414 passengers on the way to 'down-under' |
 My proud possession the Agfa clack camera |
 Crossing the road in Amsterdam on the way to the docks |
 Farewell behind the gates at Javakade |
 JVO cabin 49 label |
 JVO inside hut 49 |
 On the staircase on board JVO |
 On board theJohan van Oldenbarnevelt in the Indian Ocean |
 Johan van Oldenbarnevelt arrives in Port Melbourne May 1956 |
 JVO moored at Station Pier Port Melbourne |
 Hallo there, welcome to Melbourne. |
 John sees his sister |