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Cecil Jones BUTTSWORTH

Regimental number1332
Place of birthGhinni Ghinni New South Wales
ReligionCongregational
OccupationClerk
AddressGhinni Ghinni via Gloucester, Manning River, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Phyllis Buttsworth, Ghinni Ghinni via Gloucester, Manning River, New South Wales
Enlistment date8 December 1914
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameInfantry Brigade Train 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/97/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A39 Port Macquarie on 21 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollWarrant Officer
Unit from Nominal Roll17th Company, Anzac Divisional Supply Column
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Meritorious Service Medal


Recommendation date: 9 March 1918

FateReturned to Australia 8 November 1918
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: 25 July 1918

Family/military connectionsBrother: 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.
SourcesMedals: Meritorious Service Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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