Horace John BUTLER

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BUTLER, Horace John

Service Number:	4096
Enlisted:	20 October 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England, 6 September 1884
Home Town:	Gordon, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in action, France, 5 August 1916, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Serre Road Cemetery No.2 Beaumont Hamel, France Plot XIII, Row D, Grave No. 12.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nambour Heroes Walk, Nambour Maroochy Shire War Dead Memorial

World War 1 Service

20 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4096, 25th Infantry Battalion
28 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4096, 25th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
28 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4096, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Horace John Butler only joined his unit in France one day before he went missing at Pozieres. His death was not confirmed until July 1917 as being on 5 August 1916.

He had come to Australia from England, some time after 1900. Horace married Emily Kathleen Smith in Sydney during 1915. He was the father to a boy, Arthur Butler, who was born three months after his father died.

The Imperial War Graves located the remains of Horace John Butler during 1927, and they were buried in the Serre Rd. No.2 Cemetery at Beaumont Hamel in France.

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