14 months before release
- Joanne Tapiolas
- Jul 11
- 1 min read
Angelo Sterlini was born in Bardi (Parma) Italy on the 14th May 1891. He was living at 10 Old Street, London and operating dining rooms when he was arrested on the 11th June 1940.
In 1926, Angelo married French born Lucie Tavet in London. As early as 1934, the London Directories record that Angelo operated dining rooms at 10 Old Street, Finsbury. Both Lucie and Angelo were fined £5 each for ‘suffering gambling at their refreshment rooms’ in 1934.
Angelo was listed on a Cablegram dated 20th February 1942 as a ‘may be returned for consideration’. He eventually departed Loveday Camp 10, South Australia on the 29th June 1942 and arrived at Tatura Camp, Victoria via Broadmeadows Military Camp on the 9th July 1942. He departed Tatura Camp on the 17th July 1942 with 16 other UK Italian internees. They embarked the SS Themistocles in Sydney and disembarked in Liverpool, England on the 17th October 1942.
His release from internment was not automatic and he was twice refused release before his release to the ILB (Labour Battalion?) on the 31st December 1943.
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