Have you ever gone back ?
In late 1945 and the whole of 1946 my unit, the 4th Queen's Own Hussars, was keeping the peace in Trieste.
In 2007, on our way to a week's holiday in Venice, my wife & I spent three days In Trieste and I was able to re-visit some of my old haunts.
Early one morning I visited Piazza Goldoni and was able to take this "before & after" photo.
The first photo was taken in 1946
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"Called-up" in Oct 1942
Served as a Wireless-Op with the 49th LAA (78 Div) from Apr 1943 to Dec 1944 (North Africa,Sicily,Italy, Egypt).
The Regiment was disbanded in Dec 1944 and I was retrained (in Italy) by the Royal Armoured Corps.
Served as a Loader-Op with the 4th QOH from Mar 1945 to Jan 1947 (Italy, Austria, Germany)
"De-mobbed" in Apr 1947
Last edited by Ron Goldstein; 08-09-07 at 20:31.
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