Ponaute Busby

Surname

Busby

Forename(s)

Ponaute

World War 2

Serial No

25823

Rank

Private

Address on enlistment

Pukepoto, Kaitaia, New Zealand

Next of kin

Mrs R. Busby (mother), Pukepoto, Kaitaia, New Zealand

Comments (2)

Bon Busby

Submitted by Busby on Sun, 19/09/2010 - 18:44

Ponaute Bon Busby passed away in Auckland in 1999 and is laid to rest at Rangihaukaha Urupa, Pukepoto.

capture

Submitted by Andrew Holyoake on Tue, 11/06/2024 - 14:25

Ponaute Busby was captured at Sphakia on 1/6/1941, and processed in Kreta VI with POW number 5443. In October/November 1941 he was at a POW camp in Tymbakion, Crete, where he was doing forced labour, with around 200 other men. Here he signed a pair of shorts, that were brought back from the war. He would have been shipped off Crete ~ 4th January 1942.