Vannucci, Carlo

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Title: Vannucci, Carlo
Family name: Vannucci
Given name(s): Carlo
Alternate name(s) / title(s): Bocco
Gender: Male
Short description: Carlo Vannucci (Bocco) was born in Viareggio, province of Lucca, in 1920. He was captured in Bardia, then was held captive in Bombay until being transferred to Australia in 1944. He was a Prisoner of War in Cowra Prisoner of War Camp 12 (NSW) from 1944 until repatriation in 1946.
Full biographical data: Carlo Vannucci (Bocco) was captured in Bardia on 5 January 1941, then transferred to Bombay where he was held captive. From Bombay Carlo was transferred to Melbourne where he arrived on 26 April 1944 and was interned as a Prisoner of War from 27 April 1944 in Cowra Prisoner of War Camp 12 (NSW) until repatriation on 23 December 1946 on "Alcantara". Carlo Vannucci died on 30 September 2015 in Viareggio, Italy.
Related resources: A new generation of friendship; Council seeks Heritage Listing for Italian POW art works; Carlo Vannucci Service and Casualty Form; Carlo Vannucci Report on Prisoner of War; Carlo Vannucci Pittori; Ritratto di un giovane pittore (Portrait of a young painter); The capture of Bardia; The capture of Bardia Australian soldiers; Carlo Vannucci and others at Cowra
POW Number: 65104
Pre-Captivity Occupation: decorator
Birth date: September 15, 1920
Country of birth: Italy
Place of birth: Viareggio
Period of captivity: Cowra Prisoner of War Camp 12 5 Jan 1941/-23 Dec 1946; Bardia 5 Jan 1941
Journey: Bardia; Bardia; Melbourne; Cowra; Bombay
Death date: September 30, 2015
Country of death: Italy
Place of death: Viareggio
Information source URL(s): https://italianprisonersofwar.com/2022/08/01/two-artists-and-a-cowra-chapel/

Media: A. Catarsini_portrait of a young painter, Carlo Bocco Vannucci 1937.png

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Items with "Creator(s): Vannucci, Carlo"
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Altar panel painting of St John	CreativeWork
Boats at Viareggio harbour	CreativeWork
Camp huts	CreativeWork
Camp huts, Australia	CreativeWork
Carnival float	CreativeWork
Portrait of a prisoner	CreativeWork
Portrait of Mrs Jenny Catherine Burge	CreativeWork
Portrait of my father Ulderico	CreativeWork
Portrait of my nephew Attilio	CreativeWork
Prisoners	CreativeWork
Prisoners' huts	CreativeWork
Sketch for a carnival float	CreativeWork
Vannucci self-portrait	CreativeWork
Vannucci self-portrait (back)	CreativeWork
Vannucci self-portrait (front)	CreativeWork

Items with "Persons connected with document: Vannucci, Carlo"
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Art making at the Cowra camp POW Camp	DigitalDocument
Carlo Vannucci Report on Prisoner of War	DigitalDocument
Carlo Vannucci Service and Casualty Form	DigitalDocument