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MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-02-27. BARON VAN AERSSEN BEYEREN VAN VOSHOL, ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE NETHERLANDS IN AUSTRALIA, DECORATING QUARTERMASTER PIETER DE BRUIN WITH THE DUTCH CROSS OF MERIT, FOR CONSPICUOUS BRAVERY IN SAVING TWO SHIPS DURING AN AIR RAID. DE BRUIN IS POSSIBLY A CREW MEMBER OF THE DUTCH HOSPITAL SHIP ORANJE.
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-02-27. CREW OF A DUTCH HOSPITAL SHIP, CHEERING QUARTERMASTER PIETER DE BRUIN AFTER HE HAD RECEIVED THE DUTCH CROSS OF MERIT FOR CONSPICUOUS BRAVERY IN SAVING TWO SHIPS DURING AN A
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-02-27. AUSTRALIAN MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF A DUTCH HOSPITAL SHIP LINE THE DECK FOR A PARADE FOR THE PRESENTATION TO QUARTERMASTER PIETER DE BRUIN OF THE DUTCH CROSS OF MERIT FOR CON
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-01-18. LIEUTENANT COLONEL F. H. WRIGHT VD, AUSTRALIAN ARMY, THE NETHERLANDS CONSUL IN VICTORIA, BEING DECORATED WITH THE NETHERLANDS ORDER OF ORANGE NASSAU, BY BARON F. C. VAN AER
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-02-27. PIETER DE BRUIN, QUARTERMASTER OF A DUTCH HOSPITAL SHIP, EXCITEDLY KISSES A NEW ZEALAND NURSING SISTER AFTER HE HAD BEEN DECORATED WITH THE DUTCH CROSS OF MERIT FOR CONSPIC
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-08-15. THE NETHERLANDS MINISTER TO AUSTRALIA, BARON F. C. VAN AERSSEN BEYEREN VAN VOSHOL READING A MESSAGE FROM QUEEN WILHELMINA OF HOLLAND TO STUDENTS OF THE NETHERLAND EAST INDI
CANBERRA, A.C.T. 6 JULY 1945. A MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD IN KING'S HALL, PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA, FOR THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN CURTIN, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA, WHO DIED ON 5 JULY 1945. SHOWN,
