Frederick Brunner

Frederick Brunner
Birthdate:	April 08, 1909
Birthplace:	Worcester, Cape Winelands, Western Cape, South Africa
Death:	November 12, 2005 (96) Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Immediate Family:	Husband of Phyllis Esther "Peg" Brunner (Gibbon) Father of Private; Private User and Kathleen Anne De Villiers
Occupation:	Bank manager

Managed by:	Private User
Last Updated:	May 23, 2018

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Marriage record: "South Africa, Cape Province, Western Cape Archives Records, 1792-1992," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9MW-F3LJ?cc=1935348&w... : 19 May 2016), Cape Town > image 42 of 101; Western Cape Archives, Cape Town.
Seems likely to have been the son of this Frederick Brunner, jeweller, who resided in Paarl (born Germany): "South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939Z-549G-NJ?cc=1779109&wc=... : 11 January 2017), 1941 > image 439 of 847; National Archives, Pretoria.
Was captured at Tobruk, June 21st, 1942. Service no. 14769, 4th Field Regiment South African Artillery. Interviewed in Switzerland after escape from POW camp 19 Sept 1943.
POW: Brunner, F. Italy camp 65 Gravina, rank Gnr, service number 14769.
Info about the Italian POW camp: http://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/ww2/pow/powcamp.php?pid=3496 (No details of Fred sent to this site as yet) and http://powsitaly.weebly.com/pg-65-gravina-altamura-bari.html (Name sent, but no personal details)

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1909	April 8, 1909	Birth of Frederick Brunner Worcester, Cape Winelands, Western Cape, South Africa
1930	1930 Age 20	Frederick Brunner worked at Standard Bank Standard Bank, Paarl, Western Province, South Africa
2005	November 12, 2005 Age 96	Death of Frederick Brunner Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

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