Oswald John Talbot (1909 - 1976)

Born 6 Oct 1909 in Burma

Ancestors

Died 20 Sep 1976 at age 66 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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Biography

Ossie Talbot has ancestors from India

Descendant of Guillaume I “Longsword” Normandie, Hrolf Ragnvaldsson (Rollo The Viking), and Sherrington Talbot.

Ossie Talbot migrated from Burma to Scotland in the 1940s.

Ossie Talbot migrated from Scotland to Australia in 1950s.

This profile is part of the Talbot Name Study.

His sister-in-law Stella tells the story of Ossie: Ossie was a train driver in Burma before World War II and the invasion by the Japanese. He took a train in with many of his family members from their home to the north of Burma. His wife Winnie was missing and left behind. He drove the train back down south again find the missing family members but his train was then commandeered by the Chinese, piled up with all their equipment and he was told to take them to China as there was a branch line to China. Ossie turned the train down that branch line towards China a little way, put the throttle up and raced the train along then jumped the train with his engineer. He didn't manage to locate Winnie and she spent the war in a Prisoner of War camp in Burma. She had a young baby with her and that baby died in the camp.^[2]

Ossie then trekked north from Burma to India in 1942 to escape the Japanese invasion. He arrived on 9 June 1942 in India from his Burmese residence at Railways Quarters, Kanbalu where he was employed by Burma Railways. He was sent to live at The Ashram (YWCA) 5 Barrow Road, Lall Bagh, Lucknow, where his mother and siblings were living.^[3] His mother and sisters had arrive at The Ashram on 21 April as they traveled by plane, while Ossie walked there.

After the war he returned to Burma to find his wife Winnie. She was the only family member that had been left behind. He found her then returned to Lucknow and then on to England.^[2]

In 1972 Ossie was an engine driver.

He married Winifred Gertrude Britto. They had 3 sons and 3 daughters.

1. Raymond Talbot
2. Patricia Talbot
3. Jennifer Talbot
4. Susan Talbot
5. Ivan Talbot
6. Tony Talbot

He died of cancer on 20 September 1976 at the age of 66 in Perth, Western Australia and was buried at Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia on 22 September 1976 in Lawn E grave 209. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Talbot, Ruby Antoinette. Birth dates book (unpublished) (Original source)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} As told to Deborah Talbot by Stella Talbot, 17 July 2019.
3. ↑ Evacuee List, Burma 1942 - "The Trek Out of Burma" Transcribed by the Anglo-Burmese Library, published 2009
   Arrival date 9/6
   TALBOT Mr Oswald J.
   Address in Burma: Railway Quarters, Kanbalu
   Profession: Burma Railways
   Address in India: The Ashram (Y.W.C.A.), 5 Barrow Road, Lall Bagh, Lucknow
4. ↑ Metropolian Cemeteries Board