1937 Nonno Giuseppe Attisani (right)

Archivio

The project to discover the events that led up toItalia Joe’s father being made a POW by the Germans and pinning down the actual history behind the oral notes passed down by members of the Attisani, Simonetti and Vogel families yielded much data. This has been catalogued into the final configuration for each of the titled books.Â

The chapter headings making up each book have a definitive structure and point form descriptors. The research material associated with each book is informative and the drop-down menus are a guide to the period associated with each book. The compendium of documented data simplifies the need to follow up on further reading if that is of interest.

BOOK 1 When Italia’s Bubble Burst

938_Pietro Simonetti 15 YO (Left)
1944_Pietro Simonetti POW Australia
Map North Africa Bardia – Nebiewa
Map Southern Italy & Greece
Map_IMI Transit & Destinations
1941 Franz & Desanka Vogel Wed

BOOK 2 When Italia Pained

1942 Desanka Çarević 19 YO

 

Map Dessau Northeast Germany
Map IMI Repatriation from Germany
Map IMI Michele Repatriation through Italy

BOOK 3 When Australia Beckoned

View from Farco; Pontana lies at the foot of hilly outcrop in front of Lago Angitola

Via O Simonetti, Fiumara cantina

Chiesa di San Foca Martire

Francavilla Locale Pendina

1961 Maria Concetta our Mother
1955 Sam Cavallaro 20 YO & Michelle Simonetti 33 YO

BOOK 4 When Chaos Simmered

1959 Gundagai Asparagus Gang, (from left) Giovanni Ventri, Michele Simonetti, Tommasso Galati (Uncle to our Tommaso), Giuseppe Crea (squatting).
1959 Maria Concetta & Zia Barbara with children in Francavilla
1960 Gundagai Asparagus Gang on the River Flats
(from left) Franco Galati, his uncle Tommaso Galati, Michele Simonetti & Giuseppe Crea


Legend to Grade 5B
Back Row from left boys’ positions 1 to 12
Lindon Mellier, Geoff Rhodes, Ian Edge, Robert Gemmell, Edward Milne, David Pullar, Joe Simonetti, XXXX, Johnny Gemmill, Kelvin Cox, Lyndon Goodwin, XXXX
Behind girls from left boys’ positions 1 to 10
John Douthwaite, Andrew Jobling, Anthony Sandow, Harold Clarke, Ian Teitz, XXXX, Murray Boswell, Geoff Cornish,
Terence Wilson, Peter Francis
Girls Sitting from left 1 to 10
Helen Shaddock, Janice Eddy, Kathleen Mathews, XXXX,
Justine Moody, Edna Reilley, Barbara Evans, Gloria Townley, Julie Davies, XXXX
Girls kneeling from left 1 to 6
Anne Weatherill, June Jones, Margo Lundie, Linda Troup,
Heather Miechel, Christine Manser


1960 (2nd row front) Anna & Monika Vogel, 8th across Maria Kraljik
kneeling front row (2nd from right) Mary Galati

 

1965 Form 4 (Year 10) Cobram High School
Back Row from left 1 to 10: Les Dart, John McDougal, Joseph Simonetti, John McClintock, Leigh Astbury, Steven Gilbert, Ken Graham, Anthony Sandow, Peter Francis, Geoff Hatty
Centre row from left 1 to 8
Vivienne White, Lyndon Goodwin, Geoffrey Black, Howard Hanna, Max McClellan, XXXX, Gregory Franks, Linda Troup
Front Row from left 1 to 9
Margo Lundie, Jennifer Dunne, Susan Everist, Justine Moody,
Bill Will, Kathleen Mathews, Carol Eldridge, Sybil Fisher, Anne Neave

BOOK 5  Before Italia

Ruins of the Chiesa di San Pietro view from Frischia gulley
Zia Barbara: Pacchiana: l’abito della donna di modeste condizioni

BOOK 6 AFTER ITALIA 1.0:2.0:3.0

Nonno Giuseppe Attisani in front of living quarters on site of the road construction gang in Abyssinia

1937_Maria Concetta & Mico Attisani post card sent to their father in Abyssinia