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My great-grandfather came from Paduli, he could barely read or speak English, and he was a simple man. However, among documents related to his emigration, I found this weird apparently military document that I can't make heads or tails of. My grandfather swears his father wasn't a soldier, yet this document seems to suggest otherwise? Maybe? I'm not even 100% sure what it says. Would appreciate a translation, and an explanation of what this implies as well.
Since Italy became one nation, male citizen were enlisted for military service, and had to serve during a time frame lasting between one or two years (I can't be accurate).
This document is an "unlimited leave sheet" for him.
Young men left for their service at 20. As I see your GGF was born in 1894, and the document states the leave for him in 1914. So, I wouldn't be sure that he actually served in the army, though, if he did, he must have been a soldier for a short time in his life, like most of Italians.
Moreover, if he had no special reasons for being exempted, he should have served in WWI, that started the next year (for Italy).
Giuseppe "Pippo" Moccaldi
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