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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


Surname

Adolfo NARDINI

Born 28 January 1880 in San Romano, Province of Pisa, Italy [30: item 3090800]
Son of Pietro Maria NARDINI [15]
Arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on the steamship Chila De Genoa on 16 September 1929 [30: item 3090800]
Farmhand for H. Harold S. FOWLER on Fairview Farm in Winchester in 1931 and 1932 [102]
Farmhand at Canna in the Morawa district in 1939 [30: item 3090800]
Following the outbreak of the Second World War he was registered in Morawa as an alien on 30 October 1939 [30: item 3090800]
In 1939 he was described as a widower, 5 foot 3 inches tall with brown eyes, black hair and a small build [30: item 3090800]
He was captured in Gwalia as a Prisoner of War for being an enemy alien on 11 June 1940 [30: items 8623782, 9912428]
Interned for a week on Rottnest Island, from 15 June 1940 until his release on 23 June 1940 [30: items 8623782]
In 1948 he was working as a Labourer and Case Maker and living at 22 John Street in West Perth [30: items 3090800, 32092264]
Became a naturalised British citizen in Perth on 25 January 1949 [30: items 3090800, 32092264]
Later resided in North Perth [2]
Died 1 February 1956; buried at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth. Western Australia (Roman Catholic, OC, 281) [2]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Adolfo Nardini' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 29 March 2025 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/adolfo-nardini [reference list]




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