Field post card – Groothoofd – 23 May 1940
“To T. Buikhuizen
Staff III–3 R.A.
Returned. Sender:
Discharged on extended leave.
Dordt, 23 May 1940
Theun, we are very happy that all of us have been spared. Everything is well at your home too. Jannie can go back to school again. Now we live in hope of seeing each other again. Greetings from all of us.
The family of Jan.
Sender: W.P. Jans
’s Gravendeelsedijk 127”
(Teunis Buikhuizen was born on 18 August 1904 in Dordrecht. His parents were Hendrik Buikhuizen and Jannigje Kraaijeveld. On 24 March 1924, Teunis, a regular conscript of the 1924 draft from Dordrecht, was assigned to the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment. On 25 May 1940 he was discharged on extended leave.)
