by Kathryn Spurling | May 11, 2024 | Blogs - Kathryn Spurling
Her real name was Ghita ‘Mary’ Lindell, preferred name was Gertrude Mary Lindell, but her code-name was ‘Marie-Claire’. Some knew her as the Comtesse de Millville or Comtesse de Moncy. Another title was ‘The Nazis most wanted woman’. She was the fearless woman who...
by Kathryn Spurling | Mar 28, 2024 | Blogs - Kathryn Spurling
She was Dutch/English/Australian, her name was Molly Oliver Sasson. Her ancestry is as clocked in subterfuge as her life. Some say she was born in England; others report the Netherlands. Some say she was educated in the Netherlands some say otherwise. Some say at the...
by Kathryn Spurling | Jul 1, 2023 | Blogs - Kathryn Spurling
If you key the words, ‘Women Pirates’ into the web you will immediately be shown skimpy, supposedly sexy outfits that one can purchase to indulge your own or another’s fantasy. Trying to find the truth in an expunged history takes a little more digging. Maritime...
by Kathryn Spurling | Mar 27, 2023 | Blogs - Kathryn Spurling
He simply arrived at their airfield, a little shy to begin with but then hunger drove him to bravely enter the accommodation of Australian Flying Corps, 4 Squadron. He was small, his clothes had too many holes to keep out the winter chill and he didn’t speak a word of...
by Kathryn Spurling | Jan 31, 2023 | Blogs - Kathryn Spurling
Albert ‘Bert’ Adrian Stobart was born on 11 April 1921, in Sandringham, Victoria, to John and Beatrice. Initially hoteliers in the gentle green English countryside, his parents migrated across the world to the strong colours of Australia. The family moved to the...
