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John Patrick BUTTERFIELD

Regimental number3241
Place of birthFramlingham, Victoria
SchoolState School No 1082, Framlingham, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationFarmer
AddressFramlingham, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, E E Butterfield, Framlingham, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date7 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 11 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll58th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 29 September 1918
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Age at death23
Place of burialBellicourt British Cemetery (Plot I, Row D, Grave No. 9), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
165
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward and Catherine BUTTERFIELD. Native of Framlingham, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 16053 Gunner Patrick Joseph BUTTERFIELD, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 23 July 1919.

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