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DBU Comrades - 1.jpg
DBU - Comrades 2.jpg
DRIEBERG-EBERT FAMILY 1-1.jpg
DRIEBERG-EBERT FAMILY_1.jpg
JANSZE'-JONKLAAS FAMILY.jpg
JANSZE'-DRIEBERG FAMILY.jpg
Douglas St. Clive Budd Jansze'.jpg
The Head of the Family.jpg
Maternal Grandparents.JPG
Maria Clementina Drieberg.jpg
Douglas & Dorothy Jansze.jpg
Four Jansze' brothers, circa 19...jpg
The Cricketers: Circa 1913.jpg
Douglas Jansze c1926-1928..jpg
Douglas Jansze circa 1917/1918.jpg
Douglas Jansze Circa 1963/1964.jpg
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![from David Jansze.<br />
The only persons I can identify in this photo are the following:<br />
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1. The elderly gentlemen seated at the extreme left is Clarence Basil Hermann Drieberg b.22.3.1877 d.27.9.1943 m.20.4.1904 Maria Clementina Ebert b.2.1.1882 d.4.8.1951. He is my maternal grandfather, who was the Chairman of the Committee overlooking the formation of "The Comrades".<br />
2. Three seats away from him is Clementine Phyllis Cynthia Drieberg b.14.5.1910 d.9.1.1973 (in Scotland) m.5.10.1935 James George Mowat Ross of Scotland b.1902 d.11.7.1952, his second daughter and one of three younger sisters of my mother.<br />
3. Seated on the left of the President of the D.B.U. [who is in the centre] is my mother, Dorothy Maria Mabel Drieberg b.15.7.1907 d.24.3.1986 m.10.4.1939 my father Douglas St. Clive Budd Jansze' b.16.2.1909 d.16.6.1966. She was the eldest of four daughters of Mr. C.B.H. Drieberg<br />
4. Standing right behind the President is Gladys Eileen Julia Drieberg b.7.8.1913 d.12.12.1974 m.29.5.1937 Rudolph Archibald de Saram Jayetileke b.24.11.1904 d.25.2.1986. She was C.B.H. Drieberg's third daughter.<br />
5. Standing in the third row right behind my mother is my father, Douglas St. Clive Budd Jansze' BA (Hons) London, Attorney-at-Law, Queen's Counsel (QC) Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE), Attorney General of Ceylon 1956-1966.<br />
6. In the third row at the extreme right is Benjamin Blaze'. He was a close friend of my parents. They used to meet regularly to play Bridge, till he and his family emigrated to Melbourne. He was in the forefront of the Burgher community in Melbourne, as well as throughout Australia.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000X12ounzv1a0/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CilCiMqtAQk/I0000X12ounzv1a0.jpg)
![David Jansze Collection.<br />
Another photo of "The Comrades" [The DBU Youth Group], which was probably also taken between 1925 and 1930, but about a year or two after the previous photo. It illustrates the expansion in the membership of the Group.<br />
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First from the left, seated on the ground - Benjamin Blaze'.<br />
Fifth from left, seated on chair - my mother, Dorothy Drieberg. [later, married Jansze']<br />
Third from left, standing in third row - my aunt Phyllis Drieberg. [later, married Ross]<br />
Eight from right, standing in third row - my aunt Gladys Drieberg. [later, married Jayetileke]<br />
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Third from left, standing in rear row [in light suit] - This may be my uncle Eric, eldest child/son of Mr. C.B.H. Drieberg and eldest of four brother of my mother.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000rWXKIkq65Wg/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CilCiMqtAQk/I0000rWXKIkq65Wg.jpg)
![DRIEBERG-EBERT FAMILY<br />
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Seated, left to right:<br />
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1. Brenda Merle Drieberg (nee de Vos) b.13.12.1904 d.19.5.1979 m.28.7.1926 Clement Basil Frederick (Eric) Drieberg.<br />
On her lap: Allan Basil Frederick Drieberg [eldest child/son of Eric & Brenda] b.20.3.1927 d.14.4.2000 m.1.9.1951 Olga Dagmar Walker b.3.9.1924 d.24.1.2004.<br />
2. Clarence Basil Hermann Drieberg b.22.3.1877 d.27.9.1943 m.20.4.1904 Maria Clementina Ebert.<br />
3. Maria Clementina Drieberg (nee Ebert) b.2.1.1882 d.4.8.1951.<br />
4. Clement Basil Frederick (Eric) Drieberg b.9.2.1905 d.24.3.1968 m.28.7.1926 Brenda Merle de Vos<br />
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Standing, left to right:<br />
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1. Leila Helen Cecilia Drieberg b.15.3.1917 d.------- <br />
a) m.30.10.1938 Joseph Vyramuttu Jeevanason [Divorced]<br />
b) m.-------------- ---------------------- Donaldson (in Scotland)<br />
2. Archibald John Albert Drieberg b.16.1.1909 d.19.11.1988<br />
3. Dorothy Maria Mabel Drieberg b.15.7.1907 d.24.3.1986 m.10.4.1939 Douglas St. Clive Budd Jansze' b.16.2.1909 d.16.6.1966<br />
4. Gladys Eileen Julia Drieberg b.7.8.1913 d.12.12.1974 m.29.5.1937 Rudolph Archibald de Saram Jayetileke b.24.11.1904 d.25.2.1986<br />
5. Clementine Phyllis Cynthia Drieberg b.14.5.1910 d.9.1.1973 (in Scotland) m.5.10.1935 James George Mowat Ross of Scotland b.1902 d.11.7.1952<br />
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Seated on the ground:<br />
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1. Samuel Percival Ebert Drieberg b.6.3.1920 d.1.8.1999 m.2.1.1943 Constance Marjorie Potger b.1.9.1914 d.21.11.2001<br />
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Deceased [not in the photograph]:<br />
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1. Wihelm Alfred Ivor Drieberg b.1.3.1906 d.25.12.1911](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000xP8FoPGowNo/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CilCiMqtAQk/I0000xP8FoPGowNo.jpg)
![DRIEBERG-EBERT FAMILY<br />
<br />
Seated, left to right:<br />
<br />
1. Brenda Merle Drieberg (nee de Vos) b.13.12.1904 d.19.5.1979 m.28.7.1926 Clement Basil Frederick (Eric) Drieberg.<br />
On her lap: Allan Basil Frederick Drieberg [eldest child/son of Eric & Brenda] b.20.3.1927 d.14.4.2000 m.1.9.1951 Olga Dagmar Walker b.3.9.1924 d.24.1.2004.<br />
2. Clarence Basil Hermann Drieberg b.22.3.1877 d.27.9.1943 m.20.4.1904 Maria Clementina Ebert.<br />
3. Maria Clementina Drieberg (nee Ebert) b.2.1.1882 d.4.8.1951.<br />
4. Clement Basil Frederick (Eric) Drieberg b.9.2.1905 d.24.3.1968 m.28.7.1926 Brenda Merle de Vos<br />
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Standing, left to right:<br />
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1. Leila Helen Cecilia Drieberg b.15.3.1917 d.------- <br />
a) m.30.10.1938 Joseph Vyramuttu Jeevanason [Divorced]<br />
b) m.-------------- ---------------------- Donaldson (in Scotland)<br />
2. Archibald John Albert Drieberg b.16.1.1909 d.19.11.1988<br />
3. Dorothy Maria Mabel Drieberg b.15.7.1907 d.24.3.1986 m.10.4.1939 Douglas St. Clive Budd Jansze' b.16.2.1909 d.16.6.1966<br />
4. Gladys Eileen Julia Drieberg b.7.8.1913 d.12.12.1974 m.29.5.1937 Rudolph Archibald de Saram Jayetileke b.24.11.1904 d.25.2.1986<br />
5. Clementine Phyllis Cynthia Drieberg b.14.5.1910 d.9.1.1973 (in Scotland) m.5.10.1935 James George Mowat Ross of Scotland b.1902 d.11.7.1952<br />
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Seated on the ground:<br />
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1. Samuel Percival Ebert Drieberg b.6.3.1920 d.1.8.1999 m.2.1.1943 Constance Marjorie Potger b.1.9.1914 d.21.11.2001<br />
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Deceased [not in the photograph]:<br />
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1. Wihelm Alfred Ivor Drieberg b.1.3.1906 d.25.12.1911](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000B3DoujK2QNI/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CilCiMqtAQk/I0000B3DoujK2QNI.jpg)
![JANSZE'-DRIEBERG FAMILY<br />
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Left to right:<br />
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1. Dorothy Estelle Jansze' b.8.8.1948<br />
a) m.15.4.68 Nihal Senaka Kodituwakku b.23.7.40 [Divorced]<br />
b) m.18.12.79 Noel Edward Ferdinand b.1.1.1952<br />
2. Derek Douglas Budd Jansze' b.7.8.1943 m.10.9.1969 Jennifer Jalleh b.24.3.1946.<br />
3. Douglas St. Clive Budd Jansze' BA (Hons) (Lond), Attorney-at-Law, QC, OBE, Attorney General of Ceylon; b.16.2.1909 d.16.6.1966 m.10.4.1939 Dorothy Maria Mabel Drieberg b.15.7.1907 d.24.3.1986<br />
4. Desmond Michael Budd Jansze' b.28.6.1946 d.15.10.2002<br />
5. David Lorenz Budd Jansze' b.14.10.1944 m.29.10.1970 Betty-Ann Blacker b.30.12.1948<br />
6. Dorothy Maria Mabel Jansze' (nee Drieberg) b.15.7.1907 d.24.3.1986 m.10.4.1939 Douglas St. Clive Budd Jansze' b.16.2.1909 d.16.6.1966](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000MPQfmHlE1u8/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CilCiMqtAQk/I0000MPQfmHlE1u8.jpg)
![David Jansze Collection.<br />
Douglas in fancy dress [as an Afghan], circa 1917/1918.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I00001hnh48IGhOw/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CilCiMqtAQk/I00001hnh48IGhOw.jpg)
