The deserter military man was called Giovanni Celli. Born in 1889, he was born in Venice but resided in the Municipality of Aviano. Looking at his matriculation role, it is clear that between the period of conscription in peacetime (1909 - 1911), the Italian-Turkish War (1911 - 1912), neutrality and the First World War (1914 - 1918) he collected several convictions for desertion / abandonment of the post and multiple periods of imprisonment, up to the death sentence pronounced against him in absentia under the date of August 14, 1918 (as a result of the desertion which took place on September 26, 1916, while his unit - almost certainly a marching team or a unit of discipline pertaining to the 71st Infantry - he was starting from the Tarcento field).
At the time of desertion, the Celli was registered in the roles of the 71st Infantry Regiment of the Puglie Brigade, which had its own march / complementary departments and a depot at Tarcento (its operational departments were in line in the Pasubio - Vallarsa sector ; the seat of the regiment in times of peace was in Venice). In any case, Giovanni Celli managed to survive the conflict, remaining hidden from September 1916 to the first post-war period, when his problems were at least partially amnestied. He later emigrated to Romania, where he remained until the end of his days.
The matriculation role testifies how, in conjunction with the call of conscription (1909), he practiced the profession of bricklayer. His epigraphs confirm great skill in the use of the chisel and in stone carving.