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DI GIAMBATTISTA, Giuseppe

31 August 1920 – 25 June 1968

Origin Altino, Italy
Accompanying Family None
First settled in Subiaco, Perth, WA
Original Occupation Farmer
Occupation in Australia Carpenter & Builder

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Departure Port Naples
Arrival Year 1955

Fremantle

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Arrived in Australia to provide a better life for his family. Fought during WWII as a specialist truck driver at Tobruk, Libya. Taken P.O.W by the British to Egypt, Brasbane, then England & learnt English. In 1946 he returned to Italy, married Assunta Di Toro and had daughter, Maria Guiseppa.

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