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Thornton Patrick Raftis 1935 - 1988

Thornton Patrick Raftis was born on August 16, 1935 in Jumbunna, South Gippsland Shire County, VIC Australia to Joseph Patrick Raftis and Olive Myra Parker Raftis. He married Shirley Lorraine (Jenkins) Raftis in Mitcham, Whitehorse City County, Victoria, and had children Richard Francis Raftis, Peter Joseph Raftis, Kevin Patrick Raftis, Michael Gerald Raftis, and Susan Patricia Raftis. Thornton Raftis died at age 52 years old on May 17, 1988 in Melbourne, VIC.

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In 1935, in the year that Thornton Patrick Raftis was born, the BOI's name (the Bureau of Investigation) was changed to the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and it officially became a separate agency with the Department of Justice. J. Edgar Hoover, the Chief of the BOI, continued in his office and became the first Director of the FBI. The FBI's responsibility is to "detect and prosecute crimes against the United States".
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In 1943, at the age of merely 8 years old, Thornton was alive when on September 3rd, the Armistice of Cassibile was signed in Sicily. Under the terms of the Armistice, Italy surrendered to the Allied Powers. After the Armistice was made public on September 8th, Germany attacked and occupied Italy. It took 20 months of fighting for the Allies to reach the northern borders of Italy.
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Raftis, William (Sep 8, 1909 - Dec 15, 1990) Raftis, Athina (Jul 17, 1929 - Oct 2, 2002) Raftis, Beatrice (Sep 8, 1911 - Jul 1987) Raftis, Dionisios (Dec 16, 1914 - Dec 12, 1990) Raftis, Esther (Mar 11, 1911 - May 1984) Raftis, James (Dec 8, 1907 - Oct 3, 1994) Raftis, Gertrude (Jan 7, 1910 - Dec 1982) Raftis, Robert (Feb 24, 1915 - Apr 20, 1989) Raftis, Harry (Feb 12, 1893 - Apr 16, 1989) Raftis, William (Dec 10, 1882 - Sep 1962)
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