BUTTERS, Alfred Fredrick
| Service Number: | 2572 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sidmouth, Devon, England., 1886 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | St Sidwell's School, Exeter, Devon, England |
| Occupation: | Railway Porter |
| Died: | Died of wounds, 44 Casualty Clearing Station, France, 28 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Puchevillers British Cemetery, France Grave II. B. 53., Puchevillers British Cemetery, Puchevillers, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 2572, 19th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 2572, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Alfred Fredrick BUTTERS, (Serial Number 2572) was born on 20 June 1886, in Sidmouth, Exeter, England. He began work for the NSW Railways as a porter in the Traffic Branch in the Newcastle District on 23 December 1913, becoming permanent in May the following year. On 1st July 1915 he was granted leave to join the Expeditionary Forces and on 18 July he enlisted in the AIF. Butters was unmarried.
He embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT ‘Euripides’, on 2 November 1915, and was taken on the strength of the 19th Battalion in the ‘Canal Zone’ in February 1916. He proceeded to join the British Expeditionary Forces in France through Alexandria, reaching Marseilles in late March.
He died of wounds received in action, a gunshot wound in the back, on 28 July 1916, and is buried in Puchevillers Military Cemetery, Picardie, France.
His mother, Alice Butters, of Ottery St.Mary, Devon UK was denied a pension derived from her son’s war service, as she could not prove dependence, and had adequate means of support.
(NAA B2455-3177180)
Submitted 13 May 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 30 and the son of Fredrick Daniel and Alice Butters, of 19, Ridgeway Cottages, Ottery St. Mary, Devon.
He is honoured on the Sidmouth War Memorial where his surname is inscribed as Butter-that was how his birth was registered.
Births Sep 1886 BUTTER Alfred Frederick Honiton 5b 28
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He is also honoured on the Ottery St. Mary – St. Mary’s Church War Memorial where his surname is inscribed as Butter-that was how his birth was registered. That spelling also appears on the Sidmouth War Memorial. He enlisted under the name of Butters but the 1891 census shows the family name as Butter.
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