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Alfred Frederick BUTTERS

Regimental number2752
Place of birthSidmouth, Devon, England
SchoolSt Sidwell's School, Exeter, Devon, England
Age on arrival in Australia23
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationRailway employee
Address19 Ridgeway Cottage, Ottery, St Marys, Devonshire, England
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Butters, 19 Ridgeway Cottage, Ottery, St Marys, Devonshire, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date18 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name19th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/36/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 2 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll19th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied at 44th Casualty Clearing Station, France.
FateDied of wounds 28 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death30
Place of burialPuchevillrs British Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 53), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
88
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick and Alice BUTTERS, 19 Ridgeway Cottages, Ottery Street, Devon. Native of Sidmouth, Devon. Regimental No. on Cemetery Details is shown as 2572

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