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Harold Charles BUTTERS

Regimental number745
Place of birthKempton, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSoldier
AddressBarracks, Hobart, Tasmania
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinWife, Mrs L V Butters, 'Beulah', Watson's Bay, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceRoyal Australian Garrison Artillery; Served in the Royal Australian Garison Artillery, Fort Nelson, Hobart, Tasmania.
Enlistment date1 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameHeavy Artillery Group 36, Reinforcement 8
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/49/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 30 September 1916
FateKilled in Action 10 July 1917
Place of death or woundingDunkirk, France
Age at death24.3
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialCoxyde military Cemetery (Plot I, Row D, Grave No. 69), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
19
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Martha BUTTERS; husband of Lilly BUTTERS, Darling Point Road, Darling Point, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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