Portrait of Sgt. V Porreca 1944

Accession Number P05006.008
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass copy negative
Maker Unknown
Date made 1944
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of N461266 Corporal (Cpl) Oliviero Porreca. Born in Turin, Italy, in 1903 Porreca migrated to Australia and married in 1930. He was naturalised in 1936. His father, Olivieri (?) Potito Porreca was a professor at the Royal Military Academy, Turin. Cpl Porreca enlisted in the Australian Army in Sydney on 6 July 1942. He rose to the rank of Sergeant and served at the Murchison Prisoner of War Camp, Tatura, Victoria. The camp included Italian prisoners. (From the collection of V80152 Sergeant Wilfred Baker who also served at this camp.)

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