LORICCO, Bartolo
| Service Number: | V500501 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | LIPARI, ITALY, 14 October 1913 |
| Home Town: | Colac, Colac-Otway, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fruiterer and Greengrocer |
| Died: | Colac, Victoria, 7 February 2000, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Colac General Cemetery, Victoria Plot: CLC-LAWN-F09-808-47. Memorial ID: #156586212 |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 27 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V500501 | |
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| 4 Jul 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V500501 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ian Fox
Bartolo (Bob) was born in 1913 on the small island of Lipari, off the coast of Sicily. In 1928, aged 15, he migrated to Australia and became an Australian citizen in 1935.
He was conscripted into the Australian Army in 1941 and served as a cook at several locations throughout Australia before being posted to New Guinea. In the remote locations finding enough food to feed the troops was often a real challenge.
After the War, he returned to Italy and married Giovanna Maria Zaia in 1948. Later that year, he brought his young bride to Australia. Bob owned a fruit shop and milk bar in Murray Street, Colac for many years.
[Source: Colac Family History Project/WW2 Honour Roll]
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