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: https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/E434G5U9/ https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/GULCQM9J/
Date accessed: May 1, 2022