Umberto Paolo Poletto

Record No.: 373322

Estate No.: 9589/1993

Surname: POLETTO

First Name: PAOLO UMBERTO

Date of Death: 29 Sep 1993

Will: YES

Customary Law: NO

Inventory Value: 0

Spouse Surname: POLETTO

Pre-Deceased Spouse Surname: POLETTO

Pre-Deceased Spouse First Name: GERTRUDE

Pre-Deceased Spouse Estate Number: 523/81

Source: http://www.justice.gov.za/master/maseti/ctn/ctn-estate41.html

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Italian Prisoner of War in South Africa, Zonderwater

Married after Second World War

Friends with Dominico Velati

Pappy came from a town named Padua in Italy, his mother was Austrian. He said he'd only been in the army for 2 weeks before he was captured. He was a chef / cook. He was "held" at the Zonderwater camp - http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol011jb.html. He had worked on farms and had become a good wine maker. A man named Ugo Paccini (not sure of the spelling) gathered several POWs and gave them work at a winery - it was the deciduous fruit board. Also he'd been part of the crew that built the "St Josephs' Cottage Hospital" - now known as Vincent Palotti - where Chloe Minshall had her op.

He met Gertrude Petterson while she was working at a cafe.

Umberto became a South African citizen.

Source: Dolores Angela Hampshire