Frank Waywell
Description
- Janette Schuringa, Interviewer
- Simon Jones, Editor
- Ken Wrigglesworth, Videographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Video
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- This image is a screenshot taken from a video produced by the Oakville Public Library and the Town of Oakville. This video is an interview with Frank Waywell, a World War II veteran.
- Notes
- In this interview, Frank Waywell talks about his involvement in the war effort before, during and after World War II. Frank first started in the Royal Army Medical Corps but then felt compelled to join the air force once he saw the severity of the war. He talks about his training all over the United Kingdom and how he set out on a boat to South Africa three weeks after marrying his wife. He also describes moving planes and ground crew across the desert and some of the challenges he encountered. Prior to the end of the war, Frank was taken hostage by the Germans and after spending time in a prison camp outside of Naples in Italy, he was moved to Stalag Four between Leipzig and Dresden. Following his escape from the prison camp and then end of the war, Frank and his wife moved to Canada because they felt if would provide better opportunities for their children.
- Publisher
- Oakville Public Library and the Town of Oakville
- Place of Publication
- Oakville, Ontario
- Date of Original
- June 1, 2007
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- VIOI0006
- Collection
- Oakville at War Veteran Interviews
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.4473682625124 Longitude: -79.6665048808289
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- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Reproduction Notes
- Creative Commons Noncommercial: This work may be copied, distributed, displayed, and performed, as well as have derivative works based upon it — but for noncommercial purposes only.
- Contact
- Oakville Public LibraryEmail:oplreference@oakville.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:Oakville Public Library
Central Branch
120 Navy Street
Oakville, ON L6J 2Z4
Tel: (905) 815-2042
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