Claudio al corso biography of william

Born in Rome in 1913, Claudio Alcorso was not a typical immigrant.

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Having studied at the University of Rome and the London School of Economics, he arrived in Australia with his brother Orlando in 1938. In Sydney he ran a successful fabric screen-printing business.

Although an anti-fascist, he was interned within a month of Italy’s entry into the war.

Arrested on the afternoon of 4 July 1940, he was taken to the venereal diseases section of Long Bay Gaol, which had been converted to a transit depot for ‘enemy alien’ internees. He wondered whether the Australian military authorities held him in contempt as a traitor to his country.

After a stint in Long Bay he was sent to the camp at Hay, then to Loveday in South Australia.

Claudio al corso biography of william

Appeals for his release were dismissed. Finally, a month after the Italian armistice, he was set free. While other Italians were typically drafted into the Aliens Civil Corps, Alcorso was permitted to resume his business activities in Sydney.

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