237454 Gnr. Norman Thomas Hindson British Army 68th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 277 Bty. Royal Artillery from:Liverpool My Dad, Norman Hindson served in the Royal Artillery as a Gunner.
He was captured at Trobuk
then held as a POW outside Rome.
He escaped when Italy capitulated but was picked up by the Germans and spent the rest of the war at Stalag XVIII-A.
He had surrendered to the Italians, the only option was to try to get through a minefield to freedom. His South African comrade wanted to do this, my Dad talked him out of it.
Dad says that the Italian camp was very reasonable. They often traded Red Cross goods with the local civilians for fresh produce.
Stalag XVIII-A was a different story. He didn't say much about it but it appears that the Eastern Europeans and Russians were treated incredibly badly. The camp was in at least two parts. My Dad was in the Westerners part.
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