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This book is based on my recall of events from 1958 to 1962 (and some flash-backs prior to this period). Some of the details may be disputed by others, but they are as I recall them.

Some of the names of the characters in this book have been changed due to my young age when these events took place, I am unable to recall all the names of the people involved. Although the events/conversations are vivid, some names escape me or are confused in my memory (especially those of the nuns at the orphanage and schools).

Throughout the book I use my siblings’ ‘Australian’ names. Some, like me, kept their Dutch names, for others it was easier to have their call-names translated into Australian equivalents: