Regimental number | 1332 |
Place of birth | Ghinni Ghinni New South Wales |
Religion | Congregational |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Ghinni Ghinni via Gloucester, Manning River, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Phyllis Buttsworth, Ghinni Ghinni via Gloucester, Manning River, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Driver |
Unit name | Infantry Brigade Train 4 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 25/97/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A39 Port Macquarie on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Warrant Officer |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 17th Company, Anzac Divisional Supply Column |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Meritorious Service Medal Recommendation date: |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Medals |
Meritorious Service Medal 'This Non Commissioned Officer has performed his work in such a manner as to draw attention to his abilities, and for consistent good work within the theatre of war is so recommended.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 110 Date: |
Family/military connections | Brother: 6681 Pte Wesley BUTTSWORTH, 17th Bn, killed in action, 9 October 1917; Cousins: 3765 John Edmund BUTTSWORTH, 30th Bn, killed in action, Villers-Bretonneux, France, 8 April 1918; 2281 Pte Cliver BREWER, 53rd Bn, killed in action, 24 September 1917. |
Sources | Medals: Meritorious Service Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |