Vittorio Camerana was an Italian general who commanded the III Army Corps of World War I. At the end of the war, he was promoted to General of the Army Corps and decorated with the Grand Officer Cross of the Military Order of Savoy.
Biography
He was born in Turin on 22 July 1855 into a noble family. Camerana enlisted in the Royal Army he embarked on a military career, and in 1889 he was promoted to major in force at the 62nd Infantry Regiment.[1]
He took part in the Italo-Turkish War, and on 16 June 1912, under the command of a division of 9,000 men, making the surprise landing between Ras Zarrùgh and the tip of Sidi bu Sceifa, encountering weak resistance. On the next day, the town of Gasr Ahmèd was occupied and on 8 July, Misrata fell to the Italians. During the same year he was appointed head of the occupation of Misrata. Returning to his homeland decorated with the Commander's Cross of the Military Order of Savoy, he assumed the post of Deputy Commander of the Corps of Staff, and after the death of the Chief of Staff of the Royal Army, General Alberto Pollio, he assumed his office ad "interim" until the definitive appointment of general Luigi Cadorna.[2]
After the end of the war he was promoted to general of the army corps and awarded the Cross of Grand Officer of the Military Order of Savoy but he died in Turin on 22 August 1923.
He was married to Giuseppina Winspeare Guicciardi (19 August 1873 – 22 July 1934) and the couple had two children: Giancarlo and Adele.
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