Hello Frederick and Goanet readers,
--- On Thu, 12/11/09, Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com wrote:
Nascy, the rest of your post was very
interesting... but I thought the
statement below came with some inbuilt bias.
Christian Goans were socially advanced, in that they
had no
Nascy, the rest of your post was very interesting... but I thought the
statement below came with some inbuilt bias.
2009/11/12 Nascy Caldeira nascy...@yahoo.com.au:
Christian Goans were socially advanced, in that they
had no taboos and other superstitions about eating
or handling food that
: Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com
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Subject: Re: [Goanet] Veteran's Day: Goans who laid down their lives
Nascy, the rest of your post was very interesting... but I thought the
statement below came with some inbuilt
Dear friends,
On this Veteran's day let us pause and say a prayer for the large number of
Goans who have laid down their lives in the service of their country. A partial
search of the website of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission www.cwgc.org
lists 215 Fernandes, 59 D'Souzas, 45 Dias', 21
Couldn't they be Mangaloreans, Brazilians or Portuguese? Just curious
to know why you believe they are Goan, Mike? FN
2009/11/12 Michael Ali mikeal...@aol.com:
On this Veteran's day let us pause and
say a prayer for the large number of Goans
who have laid down their lives in the service
of
Because the Commonwealth website gives a listing of place of birth.
Best,
selma
--- On Wed, 11/11/09, Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Veteran's Day: Goans who laid down their lives
To: Goa's
Why would Brazilians and/or Portuguese be included in the Commonwealth
War Graves Registry?
Neither Brazil nor Portugal were ever part of the British Empire or a
Commonweath country.
I. Nunes
--- On Wed, 11/11/09, Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com wrote:
Couldn't they be
--- On Thu, 12/11/09, Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com wrote:
Couldn't they be Mangaloreans,
Brazilians or Portuguese? Just curious
to know why you believe they are Goan, Mike? FN
Nascy responds:
Dear Frederick; They could not have been 'Portuguese' as Portugal was a neutral
