Mary's
son, Pedro, contacted me when he was trying to trace the families
of Anthony Rothera and Waldo Dawson, with whom his Portuguese
mother corresponded when she was a young school girl whilst
the two men were PoWs.
Pedro
has kindly produced a list of all the information he possess
and scanned all the documents that are in his possession and
provided a copy of them on CD to the families as well as for
this website.
Permission
has been granted by all parties to produce the information
here. As the files are so in depth and quite large, I have
used WinZip and have put the entire contents of the CD onto
this site for download here.
Please ensure you right click the link and download the file
to view on your own machine.
To
view the contents of the zip file, Pedro has kindly provided
an Excel spreadsheet with every detail listed. Please click
here to view
it.
Here
are a few examples of the kind of letters and information
that Pedro has kept so carefully and can be viewed in the
zip file (click to enlarge)
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| Postcard
to Mary from Tony Rothera dated 19th August 1941 |
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| Photo
of Tony Rothera dated 15th September 1941 |
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| Letter
to Mary from Tony Rothera dated 27th July 1941 |
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| Letter
dated 16th January 1943 to Mary from Faith Dolphin |
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| Postcard
to Mary from Tony Rothera dated 19th December 1941 |
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| Christmas
card to Mary dated 13th November 1943 from Tony Rothera |
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| Receipt
for food parcel on 24th November 1941 by Tony Rothera |
If
you have any problems downloading the Zip file or require
specific letters or postcards of interest, please contact
me with the appropriate document number and I will forward
them to you.
Please
be aware that information and images on this page are ©
Pedro Coimbra, the Rothera family and the Dowson family. Please
do not reproduce or download any information or images without
first seeking permission from the contributors. |
