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Letter from Italian prisoner of war Adolfo Allaria

SubjectWorld War, 1939-1945–Sources
War stories
Prisoners of war–Australia
Internment camp inmates’ writings
Foreign workers, Italian
Victoria–History
Farmers
Correspondence
Category4. World War II
AuthorAllaria, Adolfo
Current HolderAustralian War Memorial
Date1944-02-08
Item NumberREL35288.002
Access RightsDigitised
Country Of OriginAustralia
PlaceKorumburra
Language Italian
English
Description From SourceFull title: Letter from Italian prisoner of war Adolfo Allaria presenting a model house to the Kurrle children. Letter written on a sheet of prisoner of war lettergram, addressed on one side ‘FOR LINETTE AND FRANK’. Written in ink on the reverse is the following message: ‘For little Linette and for it Dear Frank. To offer it little house from me constructor. In order thea an keepsake to rimain ah their of Adolfo it P of W. With Affection DVmo A. Allaria. To pardon it error not speak English. 8.2.1944’. Also the remnants of another letter, with the same text, written in Italian, to ‘alla piccola Lynette & al caro Frank’.
Physical FormatCorrespondence
Letters
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