SOE Natusch, Roy

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Natusch ​

• FORENAME

Roy ​

• UNIT

SOE Hungary ​

• RANK

Sapper ​

• NUMBER

33965 ​

• AWARD

Military Medal ​

• PLACE

Hungary 1944 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit 6th Field Company,New Zealand Engineers​

born 16.7.1918 Havelock North,New Zealand​

resided Hawkes Bay,New Zealand​

architectural student​

NZEF,Middle East​

POW 28.4.1941 Kalamata,Greece​

escaped 31.12.1941 lead by MI9 agent Lt Frank Macaskie​

POW island of Kythnos​

escaped twice more​

sent to German POW camp,Austria​

after total of 9 escape attempts he succeeded and escaped to Hungary​

self-styled Captain,Hungarian Resistance 1943​

arranged landing sites for SOE/OSS teams​

escaped from Hungary 12.9.1944 and arrived Cairo​

debriefed by Major James Klugmann,SOE​

farmer postwar​

married Molly Triggs Stewart 1947 (3 children)​

died 24.3.2009 Maraekakaho,New Zealand​

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