From the Formal Lounge Room

<p>I understood he felt he was nearing his time when he asked me to help him collect his memories and write a biography of his life. Cav Felice Zadro eldest of five was born in Italy in 1913 and lived his youth while WW1 raged. With no prospects of making a living after returning from the trenches in northern Italy Felice's father Guiseppe made his way across the world to start a new life in Australia. Felice followed at the age of 15 and set to create a life filled with community volunteering family faith and service. He used his migrant life marked by hardship racism and exclusion to fuel his fire; determined to prove his worth help shape and support Western Sydney and carve out a legacy for multicultural Australia. This is his story told through a conversation over many months he shared with his 11th grandchild Felicity Zadro. Together they talk about leaving Italy making a home building community raising families his faith and politics.This fly-on-the-wall account of Felice's life memories beliefs and life lessons told in his words will captivate you with the story of the life of an inspired man.</p><p></p>