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K L A A S SPAANDER born 3 February 1920 in Wormerveer. He was one of the Spaanders who
gathered the data for this family book and is the composer of it. His hobby was gymnastics and he was for a number of years assistant coach of the ladies- and gents section of the gymnastics club 'Door
Oefening Kracht' in Wormerveer. He worked till 1944 in his father's business, looking after the
administration and copying section. He was an 'onderduiker' *) from the end of 1942, when he got
involved with the 'Landelijke Organisatie' (L.O.) *). From the 5th of September 1944 he was enlisted in the Dutch army and in May/June 1945 became a volunteer for the liberation of the Dutch East Indies from the Japanese. After his return in June 1948, as a SMA, he worked as a Technical Administrator for the S.E.P. (Samenwerkende Elektriciteits Productiebedrijven) in Arnhem, from where he and his family departed for Australia in August 1957. The last 13 years of his working life were spent with the Hobart City Council as an accountant, preparing the draft financial statements for the Corporation of the City of Hobart (the capital city of the state of Tasmania in Australia).
On his return from the Dutch East Indies in 1948 he received a plaque from the L.O. *), in 1985 the 'Verzetskruis' (Resistance Cross) and in 1989 an 'Orde en Vrede' (Order and Peace) medal.
On 4 July 1951 he wed
ANTJE BLOK born 1 November 1923 in Marken Binnen, the daughter of Arie BLOK and Antje RUS. She was for a number of years secretary of the gymnastic club 'Door Oefening Kracht' in
Wormerveer, worked as a correspondent with the 'Bruynzeel Keuken' factory and as a secretary for the paint factory 'Pieter Schoen". During WW-II she was in the Resistance as a radio-stenographer and typed stencils for the illegal news bulletins 'STRIJD' (Fight !). In Australia she worked with an insurance company as a stenographer, as a secretary to the managing director of a medical insurance company (MBF) and later as a floor manager for the same company. She was for a number of years a committee member of the "Dutch Australian Society 'Abel Tasman' Inc." and an active member of the Dutch folkdance group.
C h i l d r e n :
1 WELMOED born 20 March 1954 in Arnhem. Counsellor (M Ed). She was a laboratory worker in the Hobart Hospital. Lateron she worked for a company that sold materials for the building industry where she looked after the office- and warehouse administration, was manageress of a volunteers office and lately is a Counsellor.
On 10 July 1976 she wed
Dr ROGER F COX born 1 November 1951. Separated in 1986.
Children: 12-10-1980 Rowan Edward and 12-06-1982 Grant Adrian, both born in Hobart Australia.
On 14 July 1996 Welmoed wed
MICHAEL ARNOLD HEYWOOD born 29 May 1939 in Subiaco WA Australia.
2 ARIA ANITA born 21 May 1956 in Arnhem, died 7 May 2002 in Hobart. Teacher / librarian (B.A. Grad Dip.Lib, MA Writing).
She traveled extensively, often on a pushbike, through China, South East Asia, Alaska, Canada, North- and South America.
3 MONICA born 15 March 1960 in Hobart Tasmania Australia. She was a nurse in an animal clinic
and later on a clerk with a transport company.
On 10 November 1984 she wed
GLENN R SCOTT born 7 April 1959. Separated in 1986.
On 18 January 1991 Monica wed
CRAIG MOORE born 21 April 1964. In 1990 they started share-farming in the North West of
Tasmania Australia.
Children : 28-01-1993 Samantha Jo, born in Burnie, 15-05-1995 Matthew Craig born in Burnie and
05-12-1996 Nicholas David, born in Smithton.
*) An 'onderduiker' (gone underground) was someone who was supposed to work in Germany for the
enemy, but refused to do so and as a result could not live at his/her normal address anymore. Moreover he or she did not get any ration cards as his/her name was taken out of the system.
The 'Landelijke Organisatie' (Country wide Organisation), L.O. for short, was a clandestine organization that was looking after the 'onderduikers' by issuing them with either fake- or stolen ration cards and where necessary with fake- or stolen 'ausweisen' (work permits to stay in Holland).
See also pages 115 and 116 from 1-32) in Appendix 1.
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