William James BUTLER

BUTLER, William James

Service Number: 5979
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 and Memorial
Plot XLII, Row A, Grave No. 4, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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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: ''
22 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 5979, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney

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Biography 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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