25 May: Parra (Gama Vaddo), Goa. FRANCIS ASSUMPTION D'GAMA. (Born 1921;Ex-Dar-es-Salaam. Son of late Caetano Carmo/late Maria. Brother of late Ignatius, late Maurice (Spain)/Marisol (Spain), late Albert, late Geraldo, late Leo, late Lira/Malachias D'Souza (Beira/London), Luke (Bobby), Barbara/late Oscar Almeida (Siolim). Uncle of Marilia D'Souza (London), Evylene/Bruce Peters (New Zealand), Orine (New Zealand) and Olympio. Funeral: 26th May at 4 pm to St Anne's Church, Parra.
Francis D'Gama was the legendary Goan hockey player of Lusitanians Hockey Club, Bombay in the forties. In East Africa, he played for the Dar-es-Salaam Goan Institute Team from 1953 to 1961and later coached the Tanzanian national teams. For a photograph see http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/ Forwarded by Eddie Fernandes.
