Hi again Colin, If you type your bloke`s name into Google you will find quite a lot of information on him with some contact addresses too of other family researchers. Good luck, Joe McMillan, South Australia. -----Original Message----- From: Colin Harrison Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2013 4:43 AM To: mariners Subject: [MAR] Fw: True Enigma-Help Please From: Colin Harrison Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2013 1:06 PM To: Mariners Subject: True Enigma-Help Please I have a relative who has too many stories about him that add confusion to the story of his life. Any help in correcting what I say will be sincerely appreciated. His name was Desmond Anthony Drinkwater Paliologus MALDEN. No, that is not a lie. He was born in Australia in 1921 I think. I have seen his passage leaving Sydney with two older sisters in 1922, hence I think he was born in Australia. In 1938 in England he became a licensed radio operator for the Royal Mail. The next records show many voyages in and out of New York in 1939 until the war started. He was on the Lancastra. Was that a Royal Mail ship ? Or just a tourist ship ? In 1941 he was on an unnamed ship in Halifax. Shortly thereafter he was cited in the London paper for brave conduct when torpedoed. The ship he was on was the Port of Portland?? Subsequent papers show him as a lieutenant commander in the Royal Navy??? He was too young??? Later records show him in business directories in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Islands---I am unable to access those directories. Still later he shows up in California in Los Angles on voter registration lists. With this persons four unique given names clearly spelled out every time I can’t believe there would be a second person with that same collection of names. He married Joyce Christian NAISH in Dec 1945 in East Glamorganshire. She was born 23 Jan 1921 in Pontypridd, Mommouthshire. Any clarity any kind sole can bring is most sincerely appreciated, Colin Harrison in southwest Utah ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message