Percy Howard BUTLER

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BUTLER, Percy Howard

Service Number:	14933
Enlisted:	17 February 1916
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	Army Medical Corps (AIF)
Born:	Parkside, South Australia, 29 April 1884
Home Town:	Parkside, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Decorator
Died:	Parkside, South Australia, 2 August 1963, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (General) Section: Catholic Western Ground; Row # F; Site # 164
Memorials:	Parkside Public School Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

17 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 14933
28 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 14933, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
28 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 14933, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Anchises, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Lance Sergeant, 14933

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Biography contributed by Julianne Ryan

Rootsweb ID: I329685 Birth Record: 29 April 1884 in Parkside, South Australia
(Source: South Australian Births 1842 - 1906 Book: 326 Page: 14 District: Ade)

Father James BUTLER - b. 21/6/1845 - d. 26/5/1898; and
Mother Caroline Butler (nee GUMMOW) - b.20/1/1850 - d. 1918

one of "16" children:

Siblings:
Sister     Mary Butler (b & d 1870)
Sister     Florence Davies (nee Butler) - b. 1871 - d. 1944 (m. Alfred William Davies)
Sister     Rose Haughton Butler (b.1872 - d. 1894)
Brother   Herbert Butler (b. 1874 - d. 1974)
Brother   Charles Henry Butler (b. 1875 - d. 1930)
Sister    Violet Ann Butler (b & d 1877)
Sister      Elsie Maud Blanche Larkin (nee Butler - b.1878 - d. 1953 (m.Michael Patrick Larkin)
Brother    Frederick Ernest Butler (b. 1880 - d. 1945)
Sister     May Haughton Smith (nee Butler) - b. 1882 - d. 1934 (m. Francis Arthur Smith)
Himself    Percy Howard Butler
Brother Berty James Butler - b. 1885 - d. 1955 - m. Maud Victoria Butler
Brother    Frank Leslie Butler - b.1887
Sister      Irene Edith Evelene Clancy (nee Butler) - b.22/4/1889 - d. 1955
Brother    Roy Harold Butler - b.1892 - d. 1963 (m. Kathleen Butler)
Sister       Alice Gwendoline Haughton Butler - b.1893 - d. 1981
Sister       Viola Haughton Fortescue Butler - b. 1895 - d. 1968

Wife: Mrs Catherine Mary Esther Butler, 1 Bevis Street, North Adelaide, South Australia
(d. 4/6/1983 94yrs old - buried with Percy in West Terrace Cemetery)

Described on enlisting as 31 yrs 9 mths old; married; 5' 6.5" tall; 140 lbs;
fresh complexion; blue eyes; brown hair; Church of England

17/2/1916 enlisted in Adelaide, SA

24/2/1916 appointed to C Company, 2nd Depot Battalion, Adelaide

28/8/1916      embarked from Outer Harbour, SA, onboard HMAT A68 Anchises
                     as a Private in Army Medical Corps, August 1916 Reinforcements
11/10/1916    disembarked into Weymouth, England

16/10/1916 marched in to No.3 Com Depot, from Parkhouse Camp

19/3/1917 taken on strength of 16th Field Ambulance, England

7/6/1917 On Command at Army School of Cookery, Weymouth, England

30/6/1917 appointed Acting Corporal (16th Field Ambulance), England

3/7/1917 promoted Corporal

24/9/1917 marched out to Australian Medical Corp Training Depot, Fovant

12/10/1917 proceeded overseas to France, ex Parkhouse

22/10/1917 taken on strength 6th Field Ambulance from reinforcements, France

2/2/1919 appointed Lance Sergeant

11/4/1919 marched out to England, ex Havre, France

16/6/1919 marched in for return to Australia

8/9/1919 returned to Australia onboard Raranga - medical staff
7/10/1919 disembarked into Australia

1/3/1920 discharged from service

Medals: British War medal (16766) and Victory medal (16665)

24/9/1921 Daughter - Therese May Butler (Parkside, SA)
_______ 2nd daughter - Carline Butler

2/8/1963       passed away
Buried in:      West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
                      Section: Catholic Western Ground; Row # F; Site # 164
                  Grant Expires: 31/12/2032

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 29/6/2016. Lest we forget.

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