Remembered by his family

Giulio Felloni was arrested on the 10th June 1940 in Glasgow, Scotland. His brother Adolfo was arrested on 17th June 1940 also in Glasgow.

Both brothers were survivors of the sinking of the Arandora Star and while Adolfo was injured and should have been sent to hospital in Greenock, priority would have been for the two brothers to stick together.

Giovanni Massella explains a little about his uncle Adolfo Felloni and his rescue:

I remember him speaking broken English with a Scottish accent and his speech was stiff.  It was only after he died that I learned that this was because in jumping off the ship, he hit his head on a lifeboat falling into the water unconscious with a broken jaw.  The occupants of the lifeboat dragged him onboard, saving his life. (Marsella, 2023)

The brothers then endured the hellish conditions on the 55-day voyage on the Dunera and arrived at Tatura Camp 2B, Victoria, on the 3rd September 1940.

On the 30th April 1943, Giulio was admitted to the Waranga Hospital also known as the 28 Australian Camp Hospital (ACH).

Giulio Felloni died at the 28 ACH Waranga, Victoria, on 8th June 1944 as a result of pulmonary aretery thrombosis following a right coronary occlusion. He was 44 years old.

He was born on the 25th May 1900 in Villa Felloni, Parma, Italy.  He had worked as a marble worker in Glasgow and listed his mother Rosa as his next of kin.

After Giulio’s brother Adolfo returned to UK in 1945, he moved to Belfast Ireland. Giovanni Massella explained that Adolfo carried his grief for his brother for the rest of his life: Adolfus was a frequent visitor to our home and I remember as a child, the adults speaking about it at times. What was evident was that the memory of what happened to him and the loss of Giulio was a pain he carried in his heart until he died. (Massella, 2023)

Giulio Felloni: Remembered by his family (courtesy of Joanne Tapiolas)