AN Australian woman has launched an appeal to find the Bathonian family of her father.

Keely Cotter wants information about her father's biological mother and the family he was born into in the Oldfield Park area.

She said: "He has tried various avenues before but has not had any success. He never knew his mum."

Tony Redford was born on November 2, 1939 to Doris May Simpson, of 36 Lower Oldfield Road. No father was listed on his birth certificate.

He was fostered two weeks after his birth.

He believes his mother was an ambulance driver during the war and she may have been killed in an air raid, because the payments made into his foster mother's account stopped following heavy bombing in Bath.

Anyone with information can contact Mrs Cotter and Mr Redford at 44 Jesmond Road, Helen-svale, Queensland, Aus-tralia 4210. Email: thecot ters01@bigpond.com