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'''Giuseppe Garibaldi II''' ([[1879]]-[[1950]]) was an [[Italy|Italian]] soldier, grandson of [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]], born in [[Melbourne, Australia]].

Garibaldi took part in the [[Greco-Turkish War (1897)|Greco-Turkish War of 1897]] alongside the Greeks and afterwards fought with the revolutionaries in [[Venezuela]], and in other conflicts in [[South America]]. He volunteered and served with great distinction for the [[British Army]] in the [[Boer War]], carrying with him a sword gifted to his grandfather by the working men of [[Tyneside]], [[England]] in [[1854]]<ref>''Ships, Strikes and Keelmen: Glimpses of North-Eastern Social History'' - David Bell, 2001 ISBN: 1 90237 26 5 {{Please check ISBN|1 90237 26 5}}</ref>. Once more he served with the Greek Army in the [[First Balkan War]] in [[1912]].

Garibaldi joined the Italian army in [[World War I]], fighting with distinction. He was created brigadier-general in June, [[1918]], and retired from the army in June, [[1919]].

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