V22 Oakleigh and Rowville V30 Balcombe€¦ · Meet some of the Italians Meet some of the Italian...

V22 Oakleigh and RowvilleV30 Balcombe

the personal stories behind these prisoner of war hostels

Rowville Army CampIn 1944 the American troops moved out of the camp and in December 1944 the Rowville hostel was established with one hundred Italian prisoners of war, one officer and seven other ranks. The number of prisoners was increased to one hundred and fifty in January 1945. Although there was no increase in the number of military staff, later that year the number of prisoners grew to approximately three hundred. The role of the camp was changed to that of a staging camp on 5th June 1945, with an increase in military staff which consisted of one officer and fifteen other ranks. This meant that all prisoners being moved from centre to centre around Victoria were dispatched through the Camp at Rowville. Prisoners were kept until there was sufficient justification for them to be sent to other camps around the State and used as farm labourers. According to the Australian Archives, Italian prisoners of war were also used on military works at salvage depots, Fisherman’s Bend, the Engineers Depot at Oakleigh and the Military Camp at Watsonia.[1] Altogether a total of two thousand six hundred prisoners of war passed through the Rowville Camp until the government inquiry in 1946.

The Rowville Camp was a very low security area in semi-rural uncleared land. Around the perimeter was an ordinary wire fence, a little over a metre high, capable of keeping grazing cattle out rather than prisoners in. The camp had no sentries on the gates and there was nothing to stop an ordinary individual getting in or out, either by jumping over or crawling under the wire fence or just walking through the unguarded entrances of which there were four off Stud Road and one off Wellington Road.[2]

https://rlcnews.com.au/articles/military-camp/

http://bpadula.tripod.com/policepaddocks/id42.html

Balcombe Army Camp

Balcombe Army Camp 1957 - aerial photo

http://aabcassociation.com.au/PictorialHistory-

ArmySchoolMusic.php?curPhoto=0&curAlbum=#album

Balcombe Nepean Highway off, Balcombe AIF

Camp, later Australian Army Apprentices SchoolSheet 4 - Neg 031A

Shire of Mornington urban Conservation Study 1992-3

survey images, as scanned by Murray D. Adams 2017.

Meet some of the ItaliansMeet some of the Italian prisoners of war who worked and lived within the hostels of V22 Oakleigh and Rowville; V30 Balcombe

• Rowville Oakleigh V22 PWC Hostel, Number of Italians: 200; Operated: Dec 44 Dec 46, Work: General duties at Army Workshop and Park Coy Engineering Dumps etc

• Balcombe V30 PWC Hostel Number of Italians:150, Operated May 46 Dec 46 Work: Removal and re-erection Army huts, maintenance etc

In 1945 and1946, Australian army military camps and facilities needed to be prepared for ‘shut down’. Machinery needed servicing and maintenance, grounds need to be revitalised, equipment needed to be registered or moved egammunition, barbed wire on coastal installations needed to be removed. Italian prisoners of war were sent to numerous army camps to assist with these tasks. Hostels were approved. At the same time, the Italians were being removed from farms, but shipping was not available for repatriation of the men. Keeping the Italians occupied was a key concern, but this could not stop those Italians who wanted to remain in Australia from escaping.

Alcide StucchiOn 20.12.44 he was sent to V22 Oakleigh

On 5.4.45 sentenced to 28 days detention

at Murchison

On 3.2.46 he was sent to V22 Rowville.

On 1.8.46 he was sent to V30 Balcombe

Alcide is seated fourth from the left.

Rodolfo Bartoli is fourth from right.

Armando Rosignoli

On 3rd May 1946, he was sent to V22 Rowville

On 1st August 1946, he was sent to V30 Balcombe

Gennaro QuintiglianoThe newspaper reporters, sometimes have the information incorrect.

There is no Gennaro Quintiliano BUT there is a Gennaro

QUINTIGLIANO.

Escaped from Rowville end of 1945 beg of 1946. He was recaptured

in Adelaide February 1946. He was sent to V22 Rowville 12.6.46 but

escaped a second time on 16.6.46. He was recaptured at Sydney

13.1.47.

1946 'ITALIAN ESCAPES FROM

ROWVILLE', The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. :

1861 - 1954), 17 June, p. 3. , viewed 23 Jan

2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-

article245537207

1946 'Prisoner Taken By Only Man Who Knew Him', The

Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), 12 February, p.

6. (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS), viewed 23 Jan

2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article188441633

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[Italian prisoners of war and escapees]

How unlucky was Gennaro?

Gennaro was certainly clever and

resilient. He had accumulated Australia

currency. He assumed the identity of a

Greek migrant, purchased a first class

train ticket from Melbourne to Adelaide

and was ready to leave Australia by boat

for Italy.

Gennaro had to have assistance for

Australians for he had an identity card

and clothing coupons.

1946 'Italian P.O.W. Escapes From Rowville For Third Time', The Dandenong Journal (Vic. :

1927 - 1954), 19 June, p. 4. , viewed 23 Jan 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-

article214794124

1946 'Escaped P.O.W. Met Wrong Man', News

(Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954), 11 February, p. 1. ,

viewed 23 Jan 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-

article128348544

Eduardo Pizzi

1946 'Third Italian P.O.W.

Escapes', The Telegraph (Brisbane,

Qld. : 1872 - 1947), 22 June, p. 3.

(SPORTS FINAL), viewed 23 Jan


article201325499

1946 'Italian P O W

Recaptured', The Argus

(Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 -

1957), 25 April, p. 20. ,

viewed 23 Jan 2020,

http://nla.gov.au/nla.new

s-article22242993

1946 'ITALIAN P's.O.W. ESCAPE', National

Advocate (Bathurst, NSW : 1889 - 1954), 25

June, p. 3. , viewed 23 Jan 2020,

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article161335759

1946 'THE THIRD ONE

GETS AWAY!', The

Herald (Melbourne, Vic. :

1861 - 1954), 22 June,

p. 3. , viewed 23 Jan

2020,

http://nla.gov.au/nla.ne

ws-article245552471

NAA A373, 11638D


Gennaro De Rosa

Was sent to V22 Rowville 24.1.46

He escaped from Rowville 16 or 17.2.46

and was recaptured on 19.2.47

1947 'ITALIANS ESCAPE

FROM DETENTION

CELL', The Herald


1954), 25 February, p. 11. ,

viewed 23 Jan 2020,

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-

article245862882

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Francesco Ponzoni

Francesco Ponzoni was sent to V22

Rowville 24.6.45.

He escaped on 17 or 18 February

1946.

He escaped Murchison Detention Cells

with Gennaro De Rosa.

NAA A373, 11638D


Francesco Ponzoni married June Peterson and his record was amended regarding his next of kin…

MP1103/1 Ponzoni, Francesco

1947 'ITALIAN P.O.W. HAS TO DELAY WEDDING', Barrier Miner

(Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954), 19 September, p. 5. , viewed 23 Jan

2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49570524

He escaped V22 Rowville 13.2.46.

Gilfeo Scalabrelli

1946 'ITALIANS ESCAPE FROM P.O.W. CAMP', The Age

(Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), 27 September, p. 7. ,


article206375039

1946 'P.O.W. ARRESTED', Standard (Frankston, Vic. : 1939 -

1949), 10 October, p. 9. , viewed 23 Jan 2020,


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Luigi Tundo [Tunda]

Luigi Tunda/Tundo

Sent to V22 Rowville 24.6.45

Sent to V30 Balcombe 1.8.46

Escaped Balcombe 18.10.46

The newspaper reported ‘Pundo.

One army record has Tundo and

the notice below has TUNDA.

1946 'P.O.W. ESCAPES', The Age

(Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), 7 October,

p. 4. , viewed 23 Jan 2020,


article204944367

1946 'TWO P.O.W.'s

ESCAPE; ONE

CAUGHT', The Herald


1954), 5 October, p. 3. ,

viewed 23 Jan 2020,

http://nla.gov.au/nla.new

s-article245529819

NAA A373, 11638D


Angleo Franchito [Franchitto]

Angelo Franchito/Franchitto

He was sent to V22 Oakleigh on

3.2.45 and then to hospital

22.3.46

He returned to V22 on 25.4.46.

1946 'Italian P.O.W. Wounded At Rowville', The

Dandenong Journal (Vic. : 1927 - 1954), 27 March,

p. 9. , viewed 23 Jan 2020,


Giuseppe Marchiafava

Arrived at V22 Oakleigh

20.12.44 until 8.6.45.

Escaped from Balcombe

21.6.46

Recaptured in Melbourne

December 1946

1946 'ESCAPED ITALIAN RECAPTURED ON WAY TO

RACES', The Central Queensland Herald (Rockhampton, Qld.

: 1930 - 1956), 5 December, p. 12. , viewed 23 Jan 2020,


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Eugenio Visione

Eugenio Visione was a ship’s steward on the ship Remo when the

ship was seized in Fremantle harbour 11th June 1940 at

Mussolini’s declaration of war. He was first processed as an

internee and then as a prisoner of war. His prisoner of war number

is PWIM12097 = the M is given to people like Eugenio M= Merchant

Services

He was sent to V22 Oakleigh 2.1.45

He left Oakleigh 6.4.45 for Murchison Camp. Tatura was the camp

for internees.

On his form: Released to Sydney… he was treated differently to

prisoners of war (soldiers). He was allowed to stay in Australia on

proof of his good character.

He married: his wife’s name was Catherine and in November 1949

he was granted citizenship.

1949 'Advertising', The Sun (Sydney, NSW :

1910 - 1954), 12 March, p. 8. (FINAL SPORT

LAST RACE), viewed 23 Jan 2020,


Guiseppe Bianchi

1946 'ITALIAN P.O.W. ESCAPES', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 12

February, p. 3. , viewed 23 Jan 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27916010

Guiseppe Bianchi was interned 11.6.41.

He was the ship’s printer on the Remo

when it was seized in Fremantle.

He was designated an internee and then

his status was changed to prisoner of war.

He was sent to V22 Rowville 15.8.45 and

escaped 10.2.46. A second entry on his

card has him escaping on 4.5.46. He was

recaptured on 11.7.46. After a transfer to

Tatura, he was released at Melbourne

2.11.46.

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Mario Scatena

He was sent to V22 18.5.44

He left V22 on 28.5.45 for detention at Murchison for fraternising

with civilian Italians

1946 'ALLEGED THAT COMMANDANT

STRUCK POW', Morning Bulletin

(Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954), 1 June,

p. 6. , viewed 23 Jan 2020,


article56446139

1946 'P.O.W. Says Gamp Chief Hit Him', The Sun

(Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), 31 May, p. 2. (LATE FINAL

EXTRA), viewed 23 Jan 2020,


Michele Stoppello

He was sent to V22 Oakleigh on 20.12.44

He left V22 on 6.4.45

1946 'ROWVILLE CAMP

ALLEGATION', The Herald (Melbourne, Vic.

: 1861 - 1954), 19 July, p. 5. , viewed 23

Jan 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-

article245555888

Antonio Soldano

He is one of my Queensland Italian POWs. He was sent to work on Nambour farms: SJ Collingwood Landsborough and EG Gibbons Forest Glen.

He was sent to V22 Rowville on 10.10.45

He left Rowville on 21.3.46

Antonio returned to Australia. He died in Australia February 1985.

It seems Antonio arrived in Australia in 1954 and his wife Margherita arrived in December 1955. They settled in South Australia. At the time of Margherita’s naturalisation in 1964, she was living at 4 Claremont Street Mile End. Their son Gabriele was naturalised in 1962.

Gaetano Prochilo

Gaetano arrived in Australia on the Queen Mary 13.10.41. He spent time at Corwa and Hay PW Camps and was sent to South Australia: Cook Detachment to work on railway maintenance. He returned to Hay, was sent to Murchison then V3 Wakool Hostel and then went to work on farm/s in the V7 Yarram district. A fractured ulna saw him hospitalised at Yarram Hospital.

Gaetano arrived at V22 Oakleigh 20.12.44

He left Oakleigh on 6.4.45 for 28 days detention at Murchison.

There is an extra file in the archives for Gaetano.

In 1948 he applied to come to Australia. He had a brother in law in New South Wales, cousins in Adelaide and Melbourne (see screen shot below).

And he had a disagreement with Captain Waterston. (see screen shot below)

His brother in law Mr Buda applied for him to stay in Australia and give him a job (see below)

He is in the photo below BUT photos taken at Hay do not identify which name is which man.

Hay, NSW. 9 September 1943. Group of Italian prisoners of war (POW)

interned at No. 6 POW Group. In this group are known to be: 46195 Mario

Marino; 46172 Enzo Minici; 46496 Salvatore Tarantino; 48291 Gaetano

Prochilo; 46402 Pietro Piperata; 45036 Giovanni Arruzzoli; 46284 Michele

Maido; 46281 Graziano Mustari; 45090 Vincenzo Brizzi; 46818 Bernadino

Salvi; 48532 Luigi Leonardis. Note: The number is an assigned POW

number.(AWM Image 030145/28)

Relatives in Australia

NAA: A367 C90806 Prochilo Gaetano

Giovanbattista Di Franco

He arrived at V22 Oakleigh 3.4.45

He was transferred to V30 Balcombe 1.8.46

Vincenzo Renna

Arrived at V22 Rowville 28.12.45

Left V22 Rowville 23.4.46

1946 'Story Of Shots At Camp', The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 -

1954), 6 August, p. 5. , viewed 23 Jan 2020,


Aldo Poggi

Arrived V22 Oakleigh 20.12.44

Left V22 Oakleigh 17.4.46

I love men like Aldo: on 16th September 1943, he

made sure he was in three photos. I have a Home

Hill POW who did the same (Matteo Gatti).

And Agostino Leto is in two photos, another

Home Hill Italian POW.

1946 'Story Of Shots At Camp', The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 -

1954), 6 August, p. 5. , viewed 23 Jan 2020,


Cowra, NSW. 16 September 1943. Group of Italian prisoners of war (POW)

interned at No. 12 POW Group. Back row, left to right: 45421 A. De Felicitis;

49127 A. Mandrini; 49592 A. Poggi; 48833 R. Bartoli; 48863 S. De Micco;

48939 A. Leto. Front row: 49107 G. Zunino; 46442 F. Palazzini; 49212 R.

Papini; 49928 M. Calvi. Note: The number is an assigned POW number.

(AWM Image 030147/02)

Cowra, NSW. 16 September 1943.

Group of Italian prisoners of war

(POW) interned at No. 12 POW Group.

Back row, left to right: 45165 M.

Carrozzo; 49327 V. Bonaduce; 49592

A. Poggi; 45425 D. Di Bello; 48476 P.

Dagnino; 46742 G. Specolizzi. Front

row: 49400 C. D'Aprile; 45985 G.

Lenci; 48284 A. Parrone; 46702 E.

Scalone. Note: The number is an

assigned POW number.

(AWM Image 030149/06)

Cowra, NSW. 6 February 1944. Group of Italian

prisoners of war (POWs) interned at No. 12 POW

Group. Back row, left to right: 49115 C. Trentino;

49354 G. Ippolito; 49592 A. Poggi; 49107 G. Zunino;

48833 R. Bartoli; 49212 R. Papini; 48863 S. De

Micco. Front row: 48939 A. Leto; 49172 A. Mandrini;

57531 B. Protano; 49923 F. Carlone; 45196 A. Ciofani.

Note: The number is an assigned POW number.

(AWM Image 030173/11)

(I have a beautiful story about Agostino Leto in

the photo above. He was nursed in the Ayr

Hospital by a local Italian nurse (Irma

Vettovalli). When he returned home, his

mother wrote a beautiful letter to Irma)

Cowra, NSW. 16 September 1943. Group of

Italian prisoners of war (POW) interned at

No. 12 POW Group. Back row, left to right:

45217 A. Cavazza; 46715 E. Scaloni; 48634

A. Regolo; 48284 A. Parrone; 49655 D.

Lombardi; 45985 G. Lenci. Front row: 48199

M. Mauceri; 48476 P. Dagnino; 49592 A.

Poggi; 49505 L. Rubano. Note: The number

is an assigned POW number.

(AWM Image 030149/09)

Ottavio Mazzola

Ottavio arrived in Australian on the Queen Elizabeth

on 15.10.41.

He arrived at V22 Rowville on 15.8.45 and escaped

19/20.1.46. He was recaptured in May 1946.He was

sent to V30 Balcombe but escaped from there 19.7.46.

He was recaptured at Fitzroy on 7.8.47. He was

repatriated on the General Heinzelman 24.11.47.

Ottavio was born 22.8.23 and was 17 years old when

he was captured at Tobruk 22.1.41.

1946 'ITALIAN P.O.W. ESCAPEE

RECAPTURED', The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. :

1861 - 1954), 4 May, p. 3. , viewed 23 Jan


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Giovanni Intoci

Giovanni was sent to V22 oakleight on 31.3.45.

He was then sent to V13 Maffra on 11.6.46 before

being transferred to V22 Rowville on 20.7.45. He

was transferred to V30 Balcombe on 1.8.46. The

next day, 2.8.46, he escaped.

He was recaptured 30.1.48. His record does not

record on what ship he was repatriated, but

another army record states that he was sent to

Italy on HMAS Kanimbla on 23.6.48.

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Domenico Tarquinio

Domenico was transferred to V22 Oakleigh on

13.1.45. He was transferred to V30 Balcombe on

1.8.46. On 27.8.46 he escaped. He was recaptured

on 19.6.47.

He was repatriated on the General Heinzelman on

2.12.47.

1947 'Second escope by 4 Italiens and 2

Germans', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 -

1957), 28 July, p. 4. , viewed 23 Jan 2020,


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Giuseppe Gazzo

Giuseppe arrived in Australia on the Queen Mary on

27.5.41, the first transport of Italian prisoners of

war.

He was sent to Cook Detachment South Australia to

work on railway maintenance 5.4.42.

He was sent to V22 Rowville on 23.12.45. On 1.8.46

he was transferred to V30 Balcombe. On 18.8.46, he

escaped and was recaptured at Emerald on 26.6.47.

He was repatriated on 24.11.47 on the General

Heinzelman.

1946 'THESE MEN

ARE AT LARGE', The

Herald (Melbourne,

Vic. : 1861 - 1954), 20

August, p. 3. , viewed

23 Jan 2020,

http://nla.gov.au/nla

.news-

article245551013

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Marino Benetti

Marino arrived in Australia on the

Queen Mary 27.5.41, the first

transport of Italian prisoner of

war.

On 20.12.44 he was sent to V22

Oakleigh. On the 17/18.2.46 he

escaped from Rowville.

He was captured in Melbourne

5.7.49 and repatriated on the SS

Napoli 22.8.49.

1946 'PRISONERS WHO

ESCAPED', The Herald (Melbourne,

Vic. : 1861 - 1954), 18 February,

p. 3. , viewed 23 Jan 2020,


article245949478

Carmelo MianoCarmelo was sent to V22 Rowville 25.1.46. he

escaped on 13.5.46 and was not recaptured until

15.3.49.

He was repatriated on the SS Napoli 21.5.49.

1946 'Italian POW Escapes, Another

Caught', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. :

1848 - 1957), 14 May, p. 9. , viewed 23


article22244620

1946 'AUSTRALIAN CLAIMS TO BE

ESCAPED ITALIAN POW', The Argus

(Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 17 May, p. 5. ,

viewed 23 Jan 2020,


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Angelo Maurizio

Angelo arrived at V22 Rowville on 2.2.46 for three days.

He returned to V22 Rowville on 24.3.46. On 15.7.46 he

escaped from Rowville. He was elusive.

Angelo was recaptured in Sydney 15.5.50. By this time,

his case was referred to for a Cabinet Decision. He was

released on parole 23.8.50 and was issued an Aliens

Certificate. He lived at 39 Roslyn Gardens, Elizabeth

Bay, Sydney. In 1972 he lived with his wife Rosina at

115 Mowbray Road Wighby.

Angelo was one of a handful of escaped Italian prisoners

of war who remained ‘escaped’ and ‘undected’ until their

escape was of no importance. Providing they were of

good character and had a job, they were allowed to

remain in Australia.NAA A373, 11638D


1946 'ESCAPED P.O.W.

RABBITING', The Herald (Melbourne,

Vic. : 1861 - 1954), 16 July, p. 5. ,

viewed 23 Jan 2020,


article245550063

Agostino Ciriello

1946 'Italian POW Surrenders', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 17 July, p. 5. ,

viewed 23 Jan 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22333145

NAA A373, 11638D


1946 'MORE ITALIAN POW'S

ESCAPE', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. :

1848 - 1957), 4 March, p. 20. , viewed 23


article22231734

Antonio Villeva

Agostino Ciriello

NAA A373, 11638D


1946 'ITALIAN POW RECAPTURED', The

Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 12

September, p. 20. , viewed 23 Jan 2020,


article22326935

Pasquale de Meo

Pasquale arrived at V22 Rowville on 20.3.46. He

escaped from Rowville 8.9.46 and was captured on

11.9.46.

1946 'Further P.O.W. Escapes', The Age (Melbourne, Vic.

: 1854 - 1954), 25 February, p. 3. , viewed 23 Jan 2020,


1946 'TWO MORE POW'S ESCAPE', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 25 February, p.

20. , viewed 23 Jan 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22230274

Raffaele Panuzzo

Costantino Pertosa

Raffaele arrived at V22 Rowville on 18.7.45 and escaped

24.2.46. He was captured on 18.12.46.

Costantino has been difficult to find. There is a

Costantino Piras at V22 from 3.10.45 to 10.1045 when

he was sent to hospital. But no escape on his record.

Piras was 5ft 3 in.

Pertosa not Putosa!

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NAA A373, 11638D


1946 'Italian Escapees Had

Assistance?', Barrier Miner

(Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954),

19 February, p. 1. , viewed 23

Jan 2020,


article48464969

Guiseppe Cappello

Rocco Severino

Sebastiano di Feo

Nazzareno Rosa

Lorenzo Mancini

Guiseppe Faccini

1946 'OUTSIDE AID

SUSPECTED IN

POW ESCAPES 22

Now At Large', The

Argus (Melbourne,

Vic. : 1848 - 1957),

18 February, p. 3. ,

viewed 23 Jan 2020,

http://nla.gov.au/nl

a.news-

article22228902

On 16/17 February 1946 8 Italians escaped V22 Rowville.

Guiseppe Cappello

Rocco Severino

Sebastiano Di Feo

Nazzareno Rosa

Lorenzo Mancini

Guiseppe Faccini

NAA A373, 11638D


1946 'Persistent

Escapee', The Dandenong

Journal (Vic. : 1927 - 1954),

3 July, p. 8. , viewed 23 Jan

2020,


article214794308

Guiseppe Faccini [Facini]

Guiseppe was sent to V22 Rowville from 15.8.45 to 20.9.45.

He returned to V22 on 23.1.46 and escaped 16/17.2.46.

He surrendered at Kooweerup on 22.6.46.

1946 'THE THIRD ONE GETS AWAY!', The

Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), 22 June,

p. 3. , viewed 23 Jan 2020,


NAA A373, 11638D


1946 'SIX ITALIAN POW'S ESCAPE AT DANDENONG', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 -

1957), 21 January, p. 3. , viewed 23 Jan 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22223334

Natalino Nesti

Amedeo Cacciagrano

Constantino Sparago

Vittorio Micillo

Alfonso Cagnife

Ottavio Mazzola

1946 'Went 600 miles to surrender', The Daily Telegraph

(Sydney, NSW : 1931 - 1954), 29 September, p. 11. ,


article248581054

Luigi Melampo

1946 'Italian Arrested', The Dandenong Journal (Vic. : 1927 -

1954), 13 February, p. 1. , viewed 23 Jan 2020,


1946 'ARMED SEARCH

FOR P.O.W.', Weekly

Times (Melbourne, Vic. :

1869 - 1954), 3 April, p.

5. , viewed 23 Jan 2020,


ws-article224428110

Luigi’s record card is incomplete but he arrived at V22 Rowville on 31.10.45. On 25.12.45 he escaped. He escaped again on 30.3.46 the same day Rodolfo Bartoli was fatally shot. He surrendered on 27.9.46.

NAA A373, 11638D


1946 'P.O.W. Witness

Missing From

Balcombe', The Herald


1954), 20 June, p. 3. ,

viewed 23 Jan 2020,


ws-article245538197

Antonino GianmarinoNotice the misspelling of Antonino Gianmarino’s name in the newspaper.

Antonino was sent to V22 Rowville on 16.4.45. His paperwork is incomplete but he was sent to Balcombe to await this attendance at the inquiry into Rodolfo Bartoli’s fatal shooting. He escaped 19.6.46 and was recaptured in Melbourne on 26.11.46.

NAA A373, 11638D


Vincenzo Reina

1946 'P.O.W. HAD 7 WEEKS

LIBERTY', The Herald (Melbourne,

Vic. : 1861 - 1954), 23 November,

p. 17. , viewed 23 Jan 2020,


article245383203

1946 'P.O.W. Surrenders', The Age

(Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), 25 November,

p. 3. , viewed 23 Jan 2020,


article204941761

Vincenzo was sent to V22 Rowville

on 16.4.45. He was then transferred

to V30 Balcombe on 1.8.46.

He escaped from Balcombe on

7.10.46 and surrendered on

22.11.46.

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