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

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Title
Letters (6) from Silvio Pegoretti, Italian POW in New South Wales
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
Period of reference
1942 – 1946
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
Place
Sydney
Language
Italian
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
<p><a href="https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/E434G5U9/">https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/E434G5U9/</a> <a href="https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/GULCQM9J/">https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/GULCQM9J/</a></p>
Date accessed
May 1, 2022