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Letters (6) from Silvio Pegoretti, Italian POW in New South Wales

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Place	Sydney
Subject	World War, 1939-1945–Australia War stories Prisoners of war Immigrants–Australia–History Italy–Emigration and immigration–History New South Wales–History Immigrants' writings, Italian Italian letters Correspondence
Category	4. World War II
Author	Perogetti, Silvio Facchini, Vittorio
Keywords	Enemy aliens
Creator	Facchini, Vittorio
Current holder	State Library of New South Wales
Link	https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YRlZDPmn
Series number	MLMSS 5288 ADD-ON 2015
Item number	YRlZDPmn
Access rights	Request at location
Country of origin	Australia
Language	Italian
Period of reference	1942 to 1946
Description from source	Full title: Letters (6) from Silvio Pegoretti, Italian POW in New South Wales, to Victtorio (Vic) Facchini, 1942-1946, together with letter from Pegoretti to Vic’s mother, Angelina Facchini, 1 January 1945. 0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) Vic Facchini was 16 when he and his mother, Angelina, with his younger brother Livio, arrived in Sydney from Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige in 1934. As an enemy alien during World War II, he was recruited for charcoal production on the North Coast of NSW. He corresponded with Silvio Pegoretti, a former schoolmate and Italian POW near West Wyalong, NSW.
Physical format	Correspondence Letters
Bibliographic citation	https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/E434G5U9/ https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/GULCQM9J/
Date accessed	2022-05-01

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