240467 Driver Harry Alfred George BUTLER, RASC attached 19 Guards Light Field Ambulance: POW

Enlistment: 2 Jan 1941
Army Number: 240467
Rank: Driver
Name: Harry Alfred George BUTLER
Unit: Royal Army Service Corps attached 19th Guards Light Field Ambulance

Date of Birth: 10/02/1905

Date of Capture: 19 April 1945
Place of Capture: 3 km South of Zeven, Germany

 

PART I.
GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE FOR BRITISH/AMERICAN EX-PRISONERS OF WAR.

1. No. - 240467
RANK - Driver
SURNAME - Butler
CHRISTIAN NAMES - Harry Alfred George
DECORATIONS - None

2. UNIT (ARMY) - R.A.S.C. 19th Guards Light Field Ambulance

3. DIVISION (ARMY) - Guards Armoured Division

4. DATE OF BIRTH - 10/2/05

5. DATE OF ENLISTMENT - 2/1/41

6. CIVILIAN TRADE OR PROFESSION - Postman - Driver

7. PRIVATE ADDRESS - 50 Heatherview Road, Westbourne, Bournemouth, Hants.

8. PLACE AND DATE OF ORIGINAL CAPTURE - 3 Kilometres Sth of Zevern [Zeven] on 19/4/45

9. WERE YOU WOUNDED WHEN CAPTURED? No

10. MAIN CAMPS OR HOSPITALS IN WHICH IMPRISONED
Camp No. / Location / From / Till
Number Not Known Dulag Nord Westertimke 19/4/45 - 28/4/45

11. WERE YOU IN A WORKING CAMP?
Location / From/ Till / Nature of Work
No

12. DID YOU SUFFER FROM ANY SERIOUS ILLNESSES WHILE A P/W?
Nature of Illness / Cause / Duration
No

12 b. DID YOU RECEIVE ADEQUATE MEDICAL TREATMENT?
Not Required


GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET

1. No. - 240467
RANK - Driver
SURNAME - Butler
CHRISTIAN NAMES - Harry Alfred George


2. LECTURES before Capture: YES
( a ) Were you lectured in your unit on how to behave the event of capture? (State where, when and by whom).
March 1945 ASPERDEN Germany
by Lt. Col. B.M. NICOL, Commanding Officers

( b ) Were you lectured on escape and evasion? (State where, when and by whom).
NO

3. INTERROGATION after capture:
Were you specially interrogated by the enemy? (State where, when and methods employed by enemy).
Not Interrogated

4. ESCAPES attempted:
Did you make any attempted or partly successful escapes? (Give details of each attempt accurately, stating where, when, method employed, names of your companions, wherein when recaptured and by whom. Were you physically fit? What happened to your companions?)
No

5. SABOTAGE
Did you do any sabotage or destruction of enemy factory plant, war material, communications, etc, when employed on working-parties or during escape? (Give details, places and dates.)
No

6. COLLABORATION with enemy:
Do you know of any British or American personnel who collaborated with the enemy or in any way helped the enemy agains other Allied Prisoners of War? (Give details, names of persons concerned, camps, dates and nature of collaboration or help given to enemy).
No

7. WAR CRIMES
If you have any information or evidence of bad treatment by the enemy to yourself or to others, or knowledge of any enemy violation of Geneva Convention you should ask for a copy of "Form Q" on which to make your statement.
(NOTE: Form Q is a separate form inviting information on "War Crimes" and describes the kind of offences coming under this title.)



GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET
(continued)

8. Have you any other matter of any kind you wish to bring to notice?
No


SECURITY UNDERTAKING
I fully realise that all information relating the matters covered by the questions in Part II. are of a highly secret and official nature.

I have had explained to me and fully understand that under Defence Regulations or U.S.A.R. 380-5 I am forbidden to publish or communicate any information concerning these matters.

Date 9/5/45
Signature H.A.G. Butler