Butler, F

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Gunner Frank Butler

Family/Last name:
Butler
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Frank
Date of birth:
31/3/1922
Nationality:
South Africa
Service number:
21539
Military Unit:
South African Army (Union Defence Force), 2nd Anti-Tank Regiment (SA)
Rank when captured:
Gunner
Place of capture:
Knights Bridge, Tobruk,
Date of capture:
20/6/1942
Camp
PG 62 Grumello del Piano, Bergamo
Data sources
Other Sources (Relative's report)
View a commemorative certificate for this prisoner

From Stephan Botha. 24/05/2024

Data source: SA National Defence Force Archives, Personal File F Butler.
His son, Buks Butler from Rustenburg, South Africa
Frank Butler was one of a few South African POW’s held at PG62. He was part of a work party that worked in a quarry. At one stage he was put in solitary confinement for hitting an Italian guard. He managed to escape to Switzerland.

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