Regimental number | 3126 |
Place of birth | Gawler, Tasmania |
School | Ulverstone State School, Tasmania |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Farm labourer |
Address | Gawler, via Ulverstone, Tasmania |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Next of kin | Father, J Butler, Gawler via Ulverstone, Tasmania |
Previous military service | Served 3 years in the Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 12th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/29/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 52nd Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, France |
Age at death | 25 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 25 |
Place of burial | Serre Road Cemetery No. 1 (Plot VII, Row E, Grave No. 4), Beaumont-Hamel, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 154 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Joseph and Sarah BUTLER, Gawler, Tasmania |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 3119 Pte Charles Henry BUTLER, 52nd Bn, killed in action, 4 September 1916; 3120 Pte Morton Linthorne BUTLER, 52nd Bn, returned to Australia, 4 May 1917. |