Guiseppe Zammit AM

b. ? d. 01/10/1918 Malta. 

DATE OF AM ACTION: 27/08/1901 Malta.

Little is known about Giuseppe Zammit, other than he was a part-time soldier with 2nd Battalion, The Royal Malta Regiment. He and Giovanni Bilocca received their medals from Lt General Sir Francis Grenfell, Governor of Malta, on 9th March 1902 in Valletta, Malta.

 

AM CITATION:

THE KING has been graciously pleased to confer the Albert Medal of the Second Ciass upon Giovanni Bilocca and Giuseppe Zammit, Dockyard Labourers, in recognition of their gallantry in saving the lives of fellow labourers who were  overcome by poisonous fumes in a shaft at the Extension Works at His Majesty’s Dockyard at Malta, on the 27th August last.

 

BURIAL LOCATION: SANTA MARIA ADDOLERATA CEMETERY, PAOLA, MALTA.

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LOCATION OF MEDAL: FAMILY.