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Ewart Gladstone BUTTON

Regimental number39899
Place of birthOatlands, Tasmania
ReligionMethodist
OccupationClerk
AddressTrevallyn, Launceston, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, C E Button, Trevallyn, Launceston, Tasmania
Previous military service40th Battery Australian Field Artillery
Enlistment date16 April 1918
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll25 March 1918
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade, Reinforcement 35
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/128/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Port Darwin on 30 April 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Motor Transport Section
FateReturned to Australia 8 September 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Launceston Garden of Remembrance
Family/military connectionsBrother: 10266 Pte Elton Roy BUTTON, 8th Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 20 June 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death23 April 1951

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