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BUTTERWORTH, Herbert Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2463 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 April 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Manangatang, Swan Hill, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Accidental (Drowning), Weymouth Harbour, England, United Kingdom, 2 January 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Melcombe Regis Cemetery, Dorset, England Plot 111, Row C, Grave 2758 Headstone inscription reads: Dear the grave where my brother is laid sweet is thy memory to me, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2463, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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| 16 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 2463, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 2463, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Charles Henry Butterworth and Susannah Butterworth of Wilson Street, Balaclava, Victoria. His father died while he was an infant and his mother had been instituionalised since the early 1900's
Brother of Albert Wellington Butterworth of Chillingollah, Victoria and Mabel Rose Wilson nee Butterworth of Elsternwick, Victoria
27 September 1915 - to hospital with a fracture jaw and invalided to England on the 7 October 1915 on HS Caledonia
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal