BUTTEL, Mark Albert
| Service Number: | 1030 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 September 1914, Rosehill, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Paddington, New South Wales, 10 August 1895 |
| Home Town: | Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Natural causes, Oatley, New South Wales, 15 June 1950, aged 54 years |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Cremated |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1030, Rosehill, New South Wales | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1030, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1030, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1030, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 3 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1030, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (back) | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1030, 13th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (First) | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Imprisoned Bullecourt (First) | |
| 2 Mar 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1030, 13th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...1030 Private Mark Albert Buttel... B Company, 13th Battalion, a butcher of Redfern, NSW, enlisted on 28 September 1914 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAR Ulysses on 22 December 1914. He served at Gallipoli France and the Western Front. He was captured as a prisoner of war (POW) on 10 April 1917 at Riencourt and originally interned at Limburg POW camp. On 20 November 1917 he was transferred to Friedrichsfeld POW camp. After nearly two years in captivity he arrived in Leith, Scotland on 19 January 1919 and admitted to hospital. He left for return to Australia on the hospital ship Bremen on 4 June 1919." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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