Summary

Certificate of Declaration of Acquisition of British Nationality, for Ruth (Bobbie) Gonzales (nee Wilson), 5 April 1948.
Ruth had married Giuseppe Gonzales in Kew in 1946. Giuseppe had been interned as an Italian enemy alien on arrival in Australia in 1940. Giuseppe met future wife Bobbie on a ship sailing from Italy to Australia in 1940. Giuseppe was arrested upon arrival and interned as an enemy alien until 1946 when he could finally marry Bobbie - who lost her Australian citizenship as a result.

Refer to Narrative record 16616 Giuseppe Gonzales - Italian Internee World War II 1940 - Collections Online: Article for full story.

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