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Also was an Italian WW2 POW and worked on a farm out of the wheatbelt town of Trayning. Neighbours, Mr & Mrs Chawner sponsored him to return after the war & subsequently married Mrs Doris Chawner who had since been widowed but had continued on the farm with her 3 children. I am the only child from Doris and Aldo's marriage. Dad passed away in 1968 whilst on a visit to his homeland, Italy, his first in 20 years. Doris is still alive - she is 90 years old and resides at the RAAF Nursing Home in Bullcreek, WA.

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