Charles Henry BUTLER

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BUTLER, Charles Henry

Service Number:	3119
Enlisted:	22 July 1915
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Chudleigh, Tasmania, Australia, 10 March 1889
Home Town:	Ulverstone, Tasmania
Schooling:	Ulverstone State School, Tasmania
Occupation:	Farm hand
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 4 September 1916, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

22 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3119, 12th Infantry Battalion
16 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3119, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
16 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3119, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
4 Sep 1916:	Involvement Corporal, 3119, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3119 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-09-04

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Three Butler brothers enlisted from Gawler, near Ulverstone, Tasmania, at about the same time in mid-1915 and all left Australia with the 10th reinforcements of the 12th Battalion AIF. Charles Henry, Herbert and Morton Butler all transferred to the 52nd Battalion in Egypt together on 3 March 1916. All three were made Corporals the same day.

Charles Henry and Herbert were both killed on 4 September 1915 when the 52nd Battalion made an attack on Mouquet Farm suffering heavy casualties. It took many months for them to confirmed as killed as both were listed as missing. Neither body was found later. Morton was present during the battle and survived, and knowing the terrible circumstances of the fighting and the chances of his brothers being found alive, wrote a letter home to his parents telling them to prepare for the worst.

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