Donna Plumridge

Donna was named Dosta Stoicheva when she was born in Bapchor, or Bapcor, Macedonia. This village was heavily bombed during the Greek Civil War and largely destroyed. Donna's Father and Uncle were killed during the civil war. Under Greek rule people could only speak Greek not Macedonian and her surname became Stoites. Dosta walked from Macedonia to Czechoslovakia because the Russians dispersed children during the Civil War. Dosta was only two years old and didn't know that her brother was with her as well, when they came to the orphanage in Czechoslovakia. Dosta's Cousin went to Poland. Her Mother, having become parted from her children, had migrated to Western Australia, where many Macedonian people from Babcor had moved.  

Donna said:

"During the civil war we as children were evacuated to Czechoslovakia as refugees. I lived there for eight years. I was united with my Mother, with the help of the Red Cross, to migrate to Western Australia in Manjimup, joining my Grandparents on the dairy farm. At the end of schooling I moved to Perth and worked in various jobs. After marriage I moved to the City of Stirling area."