Peter, thanks for the suggestion of sending letters. I did that - and located his daughter via a cousin who received the letter.

I previously posted that I was looking for Trento Valente who worked on our grandfather's farm in South Africa during WWII.

I have found his records in the archives in South Africa: His name is Trento Ventura, born 4 November 1918 in Orbetello, living in Rome before leaving for war.

He was sent ...

Riccardo,

I see you are from Trento (where we think he could be from - maybe they used the place he was from as called name). Is Valente traditionally a common surname in the area?

Regards
Hennie

Hello Ada

I have enquired a while ago, and spoke to him earlier today: he has around 100 people with the surname Valente, but none with that first name. But he is now looking at Valente who came from the town "Trento" in northern Italy. I have the name of the farm on which he worked, and Mr Coccia ...

I am looking for any clues of what happened to Trento Valenti /e who came to South Africa as a prisoner of war during WWII.

He worked on our grandfather's farm.