i was born 23.07.1955 my farther was thoma hall of hms oswald he was POW sulmoner i believe he was wireless operator lyn
Lyn, welcome to WW2Chat! Please create a thread and tell us more about your father's experience as a POW.
Hi Lyn, Welcome to the forum. I would certainly like to read about his experiences as a POW as i am researching a couple of men who died as POW's. There is a section in the main forum which is headed POW's where you can start a new thread. Sniper {Mike}
hellow sarge&mike thank you for your interest. the only information i have is what my mother would tell my brother and i. dad never spoke about it very much i do know he escaped but got recaptured three weeks later the italians; from what i rember mum saying were not monsters ,the prisoners were just very hungery i will find a picture of tom hall (my dad) and post it, ithink it was malta 1939
Great photo Lyn, a very handsome chap. Do you know when your father became a prisoner? I don't think it was just the prisoners that were staving but i believe the Italians were in the same boat. Here is a little i have found out about the sinking of your fathers ship: [TABLE="class: table_subtle, align: center"] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]HMS Oswald (Lt.Cdr. David Alexander Fraser, RN) was rammed and sunk about 15 nautical miles south-east of Cap Spartivento, Italy in position 37º46'N, 16º16'E by the Italian destroyer Vivaldi on 1 August 1940. 3 dead, 52 survivors. On 30 July 1940 Oswald had attacked an Italian convoy, missing, then sent a contact report about Italian naval units transiting the Straits of Messina and moved to the Ionian Sea. By now, all Italian ASW forces in the area were aklerted to her presence and were on the lookout. On 1 August she was spotted while running surfaced, 12 nm south of Capo Spartivento Calabro, a scant 2500 m away by an Italian Destroyer Division consisting of Ugolino Vivaldi, Nicoloso da Recco, Antonio da Noli and Antoniotto Usodimare: Vivaldi was closest and came about immediately, impacting the boat at 2305 hrs and sinking her. There were 3 dead and 52 survivors rescued by the destroyers. [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [h=1]HMS Oswald (N 58)[/h][h=3]Submarine of the O class[/h][TABLE="class: table_subtle, width: 500, align: center"] [TR] [TD="width: 120"]Navy[/TD] [TD="width: 550"]The Royal Navy[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Type[/TD] [TD]Submarine[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Class[/TD] [TD]O [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Pennant[/TD] [TD]N 58 [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Built by[/TD] [TD]Vickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Loss position37.46N, 16.16E Hope this helps you Lyn Sniper
