 In May 1952 Ricetti was in bad health and used the 1400 pounds he had amassed in wages to return to Italy and his brother, with whom he had lost contact.He clearly intended to return as he bought a return ticket and left his savings in the bank.But in November 1952 Bruno Ceccato received notice from the Municipality of Sondrio Vatellina that Ricetti had died

There is very little documentation on Valerio Ricetti's life in Australia and it is almost exclusively confined to records of his internment, dated 1942-45, held by National Archives Australia.