Summary

Digital photograph of Giuseppe and Bobbie (Wilson) Gonzales on their wedding day, Kew in 1946.

Giuseppe Gonzales was interned as an Italian enemy alien on arrival in Australia in 1940. Giuseppe met future wife Bobbie on the ship he was working on as the ship's engineer, 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 in Kew in 1946 - 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.

Description of Content

Man and woman wearing formal clothes on steps of a church.

Physical Description

Digital photograph

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