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We return at 10am Sunday 10th November 2024
The PUBLIC LAUNCH of the FRANCESCO FANTIN BANNER We paid our respects to Francesco Fantin
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Sunday 15th November 2020
video presentation of the Fantin story
(click on image to play)
at the MURCHISON CEMETERY
(Willoughby St, Murchison VIC)
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2017 commemoration
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Murdered on 16th November 1942 at Camp Loveday for his beliefs The bones of Francesco and over 121 Italian prisoners of war and internees who died in Australian camps during the Second World War are deposited in an Italian War Cemetery at Murchison, in Victoria. Francesco Fantin was interned as an “enemy alien” on the 28th February 1942 by the Australian government although he was an Italian refugee who fled to Australia in 1924 to escape persecution by the Italian fascist government. Between 1924 and the day of his murder on 16th November 1942, he fought against the growing fascist tide in Australia. To the Australian authorities he was just “another Italian”. They signed his death warrant when they imprisoned him with over 350 Italian fascists at Camp Loveday, South Australia, on the 28th of February 1942. A small group of us will be gathering at the Murchison Cemetery to remember his sacrifice and to mark the 82nd Anniversary of his murder. |
Rest in Peace Francesco Fantin We will not forget your sacrifice Dr. Joseph Toscano / Convenor Anarchist Media Institute |
