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My late Polish born father, Jan Andrzej Hempel also wrote some notes on Italians in Queensland while researching at ANU some time in the sixties

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my father came to australia in 1954 or 1955 on the toscana he was in the civil police force my mother and my brother and i followed in 1956 and landed in melbourne. glad i found this video.

My late Italian-born father, Francesco Michele Bocchino, was also held captive by Australian authorities during WW2. Italy entered WW2 on 10th June 1940. For unknown reasons, my father was gaoled at Babinda Police Station's cell for 9 months from 23rd September 1939, in north Queensland, Australia. The Australian National Security Act, 1939, came into effect on 9th September 1939 - was this the reason for my father being gaoled at Babinda Police Station cell for about 9 months? He was transferred to his 1st internment camp at Gaythorne (near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) on 19th June 1940 for nearly 3 months. This is when hundreds of Italians were detained after Mussolini had entered WW2 on 10th June 1940. He was transferred to his 2nd internment camp at Hay, New South Wales, Australia, on 12th November 1940, for about 3 months. He was again transferred to his 3rd internment camp at Camp 9 of the Loveday Internment Complex, South Australia, Australia, on 12th June 1941 for about 2 years. He was finally released from internment in July 1943 from the Wayville Showgrounds site, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. However, his 'freedom was very short-lived as he was conscripted against his will to participate in Australia's Civilian Alien Corps. After WW2, he stayed in Adelaide, and eventually, he married an Australian woman in 1948. Before his death at his family home in Felixstow, South Australia, Australia, in late January 1975, he had never spoken to any of his children about his time of captivity by the Australian authorities during WW2. It was not until about the late 1990s that my brother, Michael, discovered the fate of our late father during WW2. Since that time, I had been relentlessly researching any information that I can gain access to that may relate to my late father's plight during WW2. I have to say, it is simply overwhelming and I now understand why he chose not to share his detained experiences during WW2.

My late Italian-born father, Francesco Michele Bocchino, was also held captive by Australian authorities during WW2. Italy entered WW2 on 10th June 1940. For unknown reasons, my father was gaoled at Babinda Police Station's cell for 9 months from 23rd September 1939, in north Queensland, Australia. The Australian National Security Act, 1939, came into effect on 9th September 1939 - was this the reason for my father being gaoled at Babinda Police Station cell for about 9 months? He was transferred to his 1st internment camp at Gaythorne (near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) on 19th June 1940 for nearly 3 months. This is when hundreds of Italians were detained after Mussolini had entered WW2 on 10th June 1940. He was transferred to his 2nd internment camp at Hay, New South Wales, Australia, on 12th November 1940, for about 3 months. He was again transferred to his 3rd internment camp at Camp 9 of the Loveday Internment Complex, South Australia, Australia, on 12th June 1941 for about 2 years. He was finally released from internment in July 1943 from the Wayville Showgrounds site, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. However, his 'freedom was very short-lived as he was conscripted against his will to participate in Australia's Civilian Alien Corps. After WW2, he stayed in Adelaide, and eventually, he married an Australian woman in 1948. Before his death at his family home in Felixstow, South Australia, Australia, in late January 1975, he had never spoken to any of his children about his time of captivity by the Australian authorities during WW2. It was not until about the late 1990s that my brother, Michael, discovered the fate of our late father during WW2. Since that time, I had been relentlessly researching any information that I can gain access to that may relate to my late father's plight during WW2. I have to say, it is simply overwhelming and I now understand why he chose not to share his detained experiences during WW2.

My late Italian-born father, Francesco Michele Bocchino, was also held captive by Australian authorities during WW2. Italy entered WW2 on 10th June 1940. For unknown reasons, my father was gaoled at Babinda Police Station's cell for 9 months from 23rd September 1939, in north Queensland, Australia. The Australian National Security Act, 1939, came into effect on 9th September 1939 - was this the reason for my father being gaoled at Babinda Police Station cell for about 9 months? He was transferred to his 1st internment camp at Gaythorne (near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) on 19th June 1940 for nearly 3 months. This is when hundreds of Italians were detained after Mussolini had entered WW2 on 10th June 1940. He was transferred to his 2nd internment camp at Hay, New South Wales, Australia, on 12th November 1940, for about 3 months. He was again transferred to his 3rd internment camp at Camp 9 of the Loveday Internment Complex, South Australia, Australia, on 12th June 1941 for about 2 years. He was finally released from internment in July 1943 from the Wayville Showgrounds site, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. However, his 'freedom was very short-lived as he was conscripted against his will to participate in Australia's Civilian Alien Corps. After WW2, he stayed in Adelaide, and eventually, he married an Australian woman in 1948. Before his death at his family home in Felixstow, South Australia, Australia, in late January 1975, he had never spoken to any of his children about his time of captivity by the Australian authorities during WW2. It was not until about the late 1990s that my brother, Michael, discovered the fate of our late father during WW2. Since that time, I had been relentlessly researching any information that I can gain access to that may relate to my late father's plight during WW2. I have to say, it is simply overwhelming and I now understand why he chose not to share his detained experiences during WW2.

Beautiful collection of memories , every photo one thousand words

Rip..il tuo mondo gives me the chills

How did he die so young?!

tony j'adore toutes tes chansons .je souhaiterais avoir l'adresse de ton fan-club .Est-ce possible ?

Dove c'è la passione C'è la volonta di Andare Avanti Nella Vita Where there is passion there is the will to move forward in life

Okay, problem number one: They DID intern Italians in America. It scares me that even Italians in America don't know this. Read "Una Storia Segreta." ITALIANS IN AMERICA WERE INTERNED. I can even show you my own grandfather's enemy alien registration booklet and that was on the East Coast. My mother remembers the police invading their home and stealing their shortwave radio. On the West Coast, they were interned. Because it didn't happen on the far worse scale suffered by the Japanese nationals and Japanese-Americans, the rest of the world and even we believe it didn't happen. But it did. IT HAPPENED. I have to confess, when I hear people who are part of our community and hold positions of cultural authority, who should know better, who believe that this didn't happen here, I become extremely depressed over the future of Italian-American identity. "Jersey Shore" and "The Godfather?" Sure, we know that slanderous garbage backward and forward. Our own history and that of our own families? Nope. Nothing. Please, FOR GOD'S SAKE, learn about this. PLEASE, if you are going to put yourself up in front of a podium and represent us to the world, LEARN YOUR OWN DAMNED PEOPLE'S HISTORY FIRST!

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