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BUTTERS, Roy Bernerd
Service Number: | 2558 |
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Enlisted: | 2 July 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, October 1892 |
Home Town: | Coogee, City of Cockburn, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Islington Public School, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Shop assistant |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, Pozieres, 18 August 1916 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Service Record states originally buried 3/4 mile N of Pozieres & 4 1/4 Miles N.E. Of Albert (57C S.E.). |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, St Mark's HR Islington, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
2 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2558, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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9 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2558, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
9 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2558, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
25 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
13 Jul 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
10 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
18 Aug 1916: | Involvement 2558, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2558 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-08-18 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mrs. Margaret Butters, Lorna, Arden Street, Coogee, New South Wales
Member of Star of the East 160 Lodge
BUTTERS.—Killed in action in France, August 18, 1916, Corporal R. B. (Roy) Butters.
He fought for those he loved so dear,
That we may all live free.
And on the battlefields of France
He gave his life for you and me.
Inserted by his sincere friend, E. McInnes.