Button Joseph Cpl 4449933

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Name Button Joseph
Army number 4449933
Rank Corporal.
Decorations
Date of birth
Age
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date yet known. Posted ? 8th Battalion DLI. Posted 11th Battalion DLI, possibly 1/9/1939. Served with the B.E.F. in France. Taken Prisoner of War - notified 17/8/1940, and reported in the Auckland Chronicle of 29/8/1940. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 6/11/1945 as unfit for further service.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade
Promotions Corporal
Wounded
Prisoner of War Yes - Camp 344, P.o.W. Number 96355.
Died/Killed in action
Home address
Source table 11DLI