Ernest Henry BUTCHER

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Service Number:	56
Enlisted:	14 September 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds - head and arm, Walkers Ridge, Gallipoli, 4 August 1915
Cemetery:	Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli Row E, Grave 29 Rev. E. Makeham officiated
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

14 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 56, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
25 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 56, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
25 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 56, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne
4 Aug 1915:	Involvement Trooper, 56, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 56 awm_unit: 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-04
30 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 8th Battalion Warwick Farm Depot awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-30

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Birth name was register as Ernest Henry Alick Butcher number 0922/1892

Son of Arthur Singer Butcher and Martha Emma Butcher nee Jones of Fishermen's Bend, Port Melbourne, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal