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Major Henry Louis Gatt_part03_08.02.2018

Major Henry Louis Gatt_part03_08.02.2018

  • MT NAM MEM-0007HLG-01-01-03
  • Item
  • 08/02/2018

    • Part of Memorja

In the third part of the interview, Henry Louis Gatt talked about his post-War military career. He had listed his overseas postings and explained in detail the operations he had to go on when he was stationed in Palestine. He mentioned the Jewish terrorist groups, the King David Hotel bombing, the rundown of the British services in Malta and the final British withdrawal in 1979.

Major Henry Louis Gatt_1_15.03.2018

Major Henry Louis Gatt_1_15.03.2018

  • MT NAM MEM-0007HLG-01-03-01
  • Item
  • 15/03/2019

    • Part of Memorja

Major Henry Gatt's (retd.) father was the late Brigadier Alfred Joseph Gatt and during the interview Henry talked about his father's military service in Gallipoli during the First World War.

Major Henry Louis Gatt_2_15.03.2019

Major Henry Louis Gatt_2_15.03.2019

  • MT NAM MEM-0007HLG-01-03
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  • 15/03/2019

    • Part of Memorja

Dates covered: 1882-1950. Major Henry Gatt's (retd.) father was the late Brigadier Alfred Joseph Gatt and during the interview Henry talked about his father's military service in Gallipoli during the First World War.

Major Henry Louis Gatt_part01_08.02.2018

Major Henry Louis Gatt_part01_08.02.2018

  • MT NAM MEM-0007HLG-01-01-01
  • Item
  • 08/02/2018

    • Part of Memorja

In the first part of the interview, Henry Louis Gatt spoke about conscription into the Royal Malta Artillery (R.M.A.), his family's evacuation to Rabat, air raids, shelters and his father, Brigadier Alfred J. Gatt.

Major Henry Louis Gatt_part02_08.02.2018

Major Henry Louis Gatt_part02_08.02.2018

  • MT NAM MEM-0007HLG-01-01-02
  • Item
  • 08/02/2018

    • Part of Memorja

In the second part of the interview, Henry Louis Gatt continued to talk about conscription before mentioning a chemical warfare which he had to attend in Monte Cassino, Italy. He described the Victory Kitchens, the ever-decreasing rations of both food and munitions and the lack of sanitation.

Major Henry Louis Gatt_1_08.02.2018

Major Henry Louis Gatt_1_08.02.2018

  • MT NAM MEM-0007HLG-01-01
  • File
  • 08/02/2018

    • Part of Memorja

Dates covered: 1882-1979. Major Henry Gatt (retd.) talked about his wartime experiences: his family's relocation to Rabat from Valletta, the shelters, the arrival of Spitfire aircraft and his military service. The second part of the interview consisted of his post-War service, especially his posting in the final months of the British Mandate of Palestine. He remembered the King David Hotel bombing, the terrorist groups, the so-called 'Sergeants Affair' and he finished off by recalling the rundown and the final withdrawal of British forces from Malta.

Ir-Rocky u l-Lanca Pompei

Ir-Rocky u l-Lanca Pompei

  • MT NAM MEM-0049GM-03-02
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    • Part of Memorja

This short story is about an ordeal which the crew of the trawler Pompei experienced during a storm. The trawler together with a crew of thirteen men were on its way to the port of Lampedusa. The lighthouse of the port of Lampedusa was in sight, when a storm brew-up from the north west. The storm was so strong that the large trawler was almost going to capsize. The trawler’s captain Girlando Policardi who was an experienced sea captain from Lampedusa, was terrified and handed the helm to the trawler’s owner Giuseppi Zerafa, known as Ir-Rocky. The youngest member of the crew Giuseppe Mattina, who was 13 years old, was very seasick. After a twenty-four-hour ordeal they managed to arrive safely at the port of Lampedusa.

Written Account

Written Account

  • MT NAM MEM-0049GM-01-01
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  • 01/08/2019

    • Part of Memorja

Giacomo Matina spoke about his life in Lampedusa, where he was born and when he took up the fisherman's trade. His life constituted of migration since he emigrated to Malta when he got married to a Maltese woman, Carmela, and then he emigrated again to Australia to provide a better life for his children. His contribution to this theme has been very important since he spoke of fishermen from Marsaxlokk and about the 'Rocky' family who were his adoptive family in Malta.

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