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BUTTON, Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5964 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 August 1916, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland. |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia, 15 February 1881 |
| Home Town: | Mount Carbine, Tablelands, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Stanley State School, Stanley,Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 6 May 1917, aged 36 years |
| Cemetery: |
Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension Section I, Row E, Grave No 19 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Stanley Circular Head War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5964, Tunnelling Companies, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland. | |
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| 5 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5964, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5964, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 6 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) |
Personal Stories
Monte Edward Button.
When Monte’s father passed away suddenly in 1907, Monte took over his job as Overseer of the property, Western Plains, for VDL Co at Stanley. This involved taking their stock to the agricultural shows in Hobart and Launceston by either road or sea. From 1912 to 1914, his brother Percy had two butcher shops in Stanley. In 1914 they were advertised as ‘Button Bros Butchers’ but sold the business in Cockerill Crescent to Colin Wells in May 1914. On his enlistment form, Monte wrote he had been an apprentice butcher for three years in Melbourne and was currently a miner at Mt. Carbine, Queensland.
Submitted 10 May 2021 by Lynette Turner
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