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Francis Ernest Craddock Butler

  • Service number
    • Korea 14221 AWMM
    • Korea 14221 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Frank Ernest Butler AWMM
    • Frank AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    Korean War, 1950-1953 AWMM
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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Francis Ernest Craddock AWMM
  • Surname
    Butler AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Frank Ernest Butler AWMM
    • Frank AWMM
  • Service number
    • Korea 14221 AWMM
    • Korea 14221 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Stoker Mechanic AWMM
  • Enlistment
    Korea 1952 AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Listed in Chamberlain, New Zealand Korea Roll, as 'Frank Ernest Butler'.

    Suffered a broken neck while on service in Korea due to a prank by another serviceman. Source: Chamberlain, New Zealand Korea Roll, p.81. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    8 August 2020 AWMM
    Age 84 AWMM
    North Shore City, Auckland AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 13 August 2020 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    Chamberlain, H. (2013). The New Zealand Korea Roll : honouring those who served in the New Zealand Armed Forces in Korea, 1950-1957. Wellington, N.Z.: Author. AWMM
    p.81 AWMM

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