BUTLER, William James
| Service Number: | 5979 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tullabrin, County Kilkenny, Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Oaklands, Urana, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Catholic School |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 3 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Plot XLII, Row A, Grave No. 4, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Urana Shire Great War Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5979, 1st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5979, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 29/30 and the son of Mrs. Bridget Butler, of Wildfield, Ballyfoyle, County Kilkenny, Ireland. Native of County Kilkenny but lived at Muckalee.
Age on arrival in Australia 24
Enlistment date 6 March 1916
Place of enlistment Cootamundra, New South Wales.
Age at embarkation 29.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 22 August 1916- disembarked Plymouth, England, 13 October 1916.
Proceeded overseas to France, 13 December 1916; taken on strength, 1st Bn, 18 December 1916.
Wounded in action, 4 May 1917 (gun shot wound, right arm and right leg), and admitted to 5th Field Ambulance; transferred to 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, 4 May 1917; to 1st Australian General Hospital, Rouen, 5 May 1917; to No 2 Convalescent Depot, 7 May 1917; discharged to Base Details, 10 May 1917; rejoined unit, 21 May 1917.
Missing in action, Belgium, 3 October 1917; Court of Enquiry, 22 March 1918, determined fate as killed in action.
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