Private Straits Settlements Volunteer Force Unit – SSVF Birth place – Singapore Birth date – 14/ 01/ 1912 Death date – 02/ 09/1943 Father – Joseph Cordeiro Mother – Annie Cordeiro Louie Simon Cordeiro was a soldier in … Read more
Sergeant Straits Settlements Volunteer Force Unit – SSVF Birth place – Singapore Birth date – 30/ 01/ 1903 Death date – Father – Cláudio da Silva Mother – Mary da Silva Eduardo da Silva was a Sergeant in … Read more
Private Straits Settlements Volunteer Force Unit – SSVF Birth place – Singapore / Sungapura Birth date – 26/ 10/ 1922 Death date – Father – Henry de Souza Mother – Leanie de Souza Anthony Gerard de Souza was a volunteer … Read more
Sargent Straits Settlements Volunteer Force Unit – SSVF Birth place – Singapore/ Singapura Birth date – 21/ 04/ 1906 Death date – 08/10/1943 Father – Adão Soares Mother – Inêz Soares Eduardo da Silva was a sergeant in the … Read more
Private Straits Settlements Volunteer Force Birth place – Singapore Birth date – Death date – 05/08/1943 Father – Mother – E. Pestana António Cristóvão Pestana was a soldier in the “Straits Settlements Volunteer Force” in Singapore. He was … Read more
The fishing vessel Cabo de São Vicente was sunk on March 10, 1942 by a German FW200 – Condor bomber off the Cabo da Roca. In a conversation with Richard Souza, grandson of the fishing boat commander, and Günther Ott, … Read more
Teachers Dores do Carmo and Josefa Reis founded a couple of decades ago “Dever de Memória” (Duty of Memory), an initiative that remembers and celebrates Aristides de Sousa Mendes and his intervention in Bordeaux in 1940 when he handed over … Read more
During his military service, which he carried out between 1942 and 1944, João Viegas traveled the country at the wheel of huge trucks, collecting and transporting to Portuguese military bases the remains of English airplanes that fell all over the … Read more
Data/ Date Local/ Location Força/ Force Avião/ Aircraft Origem-Destino/ From-To Tripulação/ Crew 02-04-1943 Sítio da Murta – Serro do Monteiro – Estoi RAF OADU – Ferry Command Douglas Boston IIIA BZ306 Canada → Portreath, GB P/O R. Chartres … Read more
Ana I (Portugal) Captain: José Maria de Matos Type: Codfish Cuter Tonnage: 191 Owner: Soc. de Pesca Luso-Brasileira Lda. Homeport: Fugueira da Foz Built: Solvesborg, Suécia (1918) Event: Rescued 13 crew members from the Greek cargo ship Aghios Nicolaos On October 7, 1940 the Portuguese codfish … Read more
