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Shopkeeper from Glasgow

  • Writer: Joanne Tapiolas
    Joanne Tapiolas
  • Jul 10
  • 1 min read
Realdo Ciuffardi was born on the 28th September 1900 in Spezia, Italy. A shopkeeper from Glasgow, Scotland he was arrested on the 11th June 1940. His mother Maria who lived in Padivarma, Port of Spezia was named his next of kin. His address in Glasgow was 62 Cromwell Street.

As early as 16th April 1942, Realdo was given permission to return to the UK to appear before the Italian Advisory Committee.

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(NAA:A2908, P22 part 8)

On the 30th November 1943, Realdo departed Australia on the SS Themistocles and travelled to Wellington NZ, Kingston, Jamaica and New York, USA before arriving at Cardiff, Wales on the 14th February 1944.  He was reinterned on the Isle of Man until his release on the 10th May 1944.



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Tatura, Australia. January 1943. Group of Italian internees from overseas now interned at Tatura Internment Camp. Back row, left to right: A. Pacitti; V. Bechelli; R. Ciuffardi; R. Mazzolini; C. Pardini; G. Biagioni. Front row: G. Orlandi; C. Barsotti; M. Croci; L. Minchella. (AWM Image 030188/05 Photographer Colin Thomas Halmarick)
 
 
 

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