1917 Maria and Antonio Cicutto’s son, Karol (Charles), was born on March 20 in Trenchin, Czechoslovakia, where they had moved. Galli Melocco completed his apprenticeship and joined the Merchant Navy. Over the following four years he worked on board a number of magnificent old steam ships, including the Niagara (the first ship to plie the Canadian/Australasian route which it continued to travel until it was sunk by a German mine off the coast of New Zealand in 1941), the Zealandia and the Riverina.

Galli in Naval Uniforn