BUTTON, James
| Service Number: | 132 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 March 1916, An original of A Company |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Perth, Tasmania, Australia, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Northern Midlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Perth State School, Tasmania |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 13 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Evandale Municipality Roll of Honour, Evandale War Memorial, Longford War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Perth War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 132, 40th Infantry Battalion, An original of A Company | |
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| 1 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 132, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 132, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart | |
| 13 Oct 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 132, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 132 awm_unit: 40th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-13 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
James enlisted 7 March, 1916 along with his brothers, Ernest John and Herbert James Button. James Button and his brothers all enlisted on the same day with the 40th Battalion. James and his brothers, Ernest John and Herbert James left Hobart on 1 July, 1916. Ernest John and Herbert James both returned from the war and worked on farms around the Perth and Longford area.
James was seen to be lying dead in a shell hole on the 13 October 1917, during an assault at Passchendaele, and although searches were made for him afterwards, his remains were never found.
His older brother 30 Private Alfred Button Tasmanian Mounted Infantry had been killed in action in South Africa 9 February 1900 age 22.
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