BUTLER, Albert James
| Service Number: | 712 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Sorrento, Victoria, Australia, 1 April 1881 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Survery Assistant |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park 10th Light Horse Regiment Memorial WA, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor, Subiaco Fallen Soldiers Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 712, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 712, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Itonus, Fremantle | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 712, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 712 awm_unit: 10 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-07 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Jacquie Liddiard
Previous Military Experience, served in the 1st Imperial Commonwealth Contingent, South Africa, discharged at war’s end in 1902.
Embarked from Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 16 May 1915.
Killed in action, Walker's Ridge (the charge at The Nek), 7 August 1915. Court of Enquiry, 9 August 1915, convened to investigate the deaths at the Nek. In evidence to the Court, which found that that 'all those missing are killed in action' (3 Officers, 5 NCOs, 20 Other Ranks from the 10th Light Horse), Lt Colonel N.M. Brazier testified that he had ordered the assault on the Turkish positions,' although at this time there was a murderous hail of shrapnel, machine gun and rifle fire from the enemy, and [he] felt quite convinced few if any would return', added that 'subsequent to the assault the enemy were seen deliberately firing on the wounded'.
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