BUTLING, Charles George
| Service Number: | 300 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 February 1915, 4 years cadets 59th Coburg, 8 years Citizen Forces 60th Inf |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, January 1897 |
| Home Town: | South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Workplace Accident , Fairfield, Victoria, Australia, 16 October 1927 |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 300, 23rd Infantry Battalion, 4 years cadets 59th Coburg, 8 years Citizen Forces 60th Inf | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 300, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 300, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 14 Mar 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 300, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit: chronic suppurative otitis media deafness |
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From How We Served
The final resting place for; - 300 Driver Charles George Butling of South Melbourne, Victoria, who prior to enlisting for War Service on the 24th of February 1915 had been employed as a motor driver.
Charles was allocated to the 23rd Battalion 1st AIF and was embarked for Egypt and further training on the 10th of May, after which they would be sent to the trenches of Gallipoli, arriving on the 30th of August.
During his continuous service in the frontline, Charles suffered injury to his hearing, and was evacuated for hospitalization on the 27th of November, and was returned to Egypt, arriving on the 3rd of December. Admitted into the 2nd General Hospital in Heliopolis, Charles was transferred to Mena House on the 12th of December where he was further diagnosed as suffering from rheumatism.
By the first week of January 1916, Charles was moved into convalesces, and once deemed suitably recovered, he was returned to his Battalion, now having arrived back from Gallipoli, on the 8th of March.
On the 30th of March, having been shipped from Egypt, Charles’s Battalion disembarked in France. Charles was again evacuated as sick on the 17th of July, and was admitted into hospital at Camiers, diagnosed as suffering from epididymitis and was not fit for further duty until he was discharged from treatment on the 27th of August.
Temporarily taken on strength with the Australian Base Depot at the ‘Bull Ring’, at Etaples. Charles’s health again broke down within days of his arrival and he was again evacuated on the 31st of August. Admitted into the 26th General Hospital at Etaples, Charles was reported as suffering from what would be treated as an infection of the middle ear.
By the 19th of September Charles was sent from France to England for further medical care and would remain under treatment until he was discharged from hospital on the 8th of November.
After enjoying a short respite of Furlough Leave in England, Charles was classed as no longer fit for active service in the field due to ear injury. From the 12th of January Charles was detached for service with the 1st Australian Army Postal Corps, until he was sent to the Australian Convalescent Depot at Perham Downs on the 23rd of August.
On the 31st of October Charles began his repatriation back to Australia as an invalid, suffering from chronic suppurative otitis media deafness. Having arrived back in Melbourne on the 30th of December, Charles received his official discharge from the 1st AIF for his re-entry into civilian life on the 14th of March 1918.
After his War Service Charles married and would go on to have 3 children, tho his health was forever affected by his time in the trenches. On the 16th of October 1927, Charles, now employed as a foreman laborer, died following being admitted into St Vincent’s Hospital due to fatal injuries sustained in a workplace accident.
Following his passing Driver Charles Butling, a veteran of the Gallipoli campaign, and aged only 30, was finally laid to rest within Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria.
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