Husband of Mrs. K. E. Butler, of Durban. ***File shows he was SAA, att to Support Coy, 1st RDLI
K.M. Jordan, Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Roll of Honour ("working document", Aug 2026 draft; email to John & Bobby, 4 Sep 2026, marked "not 100% correct") (matched by exact DateDeath 6 Dec 1943 and age 43; ServiceNo 169898 in this draft not matched against this record's own -- not resolved): BUTLER, Henry James (Son of Henry Thomas & Emily Maud Butler of Blackpool, England; husband of Elizabeth Katrina (nee De Wet) Butler, of 35 Wadley Road, Glenwood, Durban; previously married to Evelyn (born Wells) Lowenthal; they had a small daughter.) 169898 V Captain South African Artillery Born Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England 6/6/1900; married Holy Trinity Church, Port Elizabeth 2/10/1926; a manager before enlistment. He was attached to the Support Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Durban Light Infantry in North Africa 1941; admitted to #16 Field Hospital 20/4/1942; evacuated by hospital ship to South Africa 13/7/1942; died of natural causes in Wynberg Military Hospital, Cape Town. Maitland Cemetery, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials.) 06/12/1943 PMFZ-PVR 43
Regiment filled as Royal Durban Light Infantry (was blank) on the strength of this match.
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