BUTCHER, Reginald George
| Service Number: | 4674 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 January 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 12 October 1892 |
| Home Town: | Riverton, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Adelaide Public School |
| Occupation: | Railway Porter (S.A.R.) |
| Died: | Died of Wounds (POW Germany - shrapnel head & back), Cambrai, France, 29 November 1916, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Porte-de-Paris Cemetery, Cambrai, France Plot 1, Row A, Grave 1. His name is also located at panel 109 in the Commemorative Area at the AWM, Porte-de-Paris Cemetery, Cambrai, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Hamley Bridge District WW1 Roll of Honor, Hamley Bridge War Memorial, Owen District Roll of Honor WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4674, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 11 Apr 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 4674, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' |
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| 11 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4674, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide | |
| 18 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4674, 27th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17 | |
| 5 Nov 1916: | Imprisoned 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17 |
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Born 12 October 1892 in Adelaide, South Australia
(SA Birth Records 1842 - 1906 Book: 508 Page: 330 District: Ade.)
Father Samuel George and Mother Kate Butcher (nee Cocker),
living at 20 Mary Street, St Leonards, Glenelg SA
Reginald last lived at Riverton, South Australia prior to enlisting.
Described on enlisting as 23 years 3 months old; single; 5' 6 1/4" tall; 133 lbs;
fresh complexion; brown eyes; brown hair; Church of Christ.
29/1/1916 Enlisted in Adelaide
Completed medical - fit for service
Commanding Officer appointed Reginald to
B Company, 2nd Depot Battalion, Adelaide
16/2/1916 to Mitcham Camp
11/4/1916 Embarked from Adelaide (Outer Harbour) on board HMAT Aeneas A60
as a Private with the 12th reinforcements, 27th Battalion
5/9/1916 Proceeded overseas to France, to reinforce the 2nd Division.
19/9/1916 Joined the 27th Battalion in Belgium
22/9/1916 contracted measles - to hospital, Belgium
10/10/1916 rejoined 27th Battalion in the field
The 27th Battalion took part in two attacks to the east of Flers in the Somme Valley.
The first Flers attack was launched on 5/11/1916.
Private Butcher was reported missing in action on 5/11/1916.
On this day Reginald was wounded by shrapnel to head and back, captured at Cambrai
and became a Prisoner of War to the Germans.
Private Butcher died of his wounds three weeks later on 29/11/1916 at Bayr, Kriegs Reserve,
Lazarette 5, Section 6 Cambrai, France as a Prisoner of War. (aged 24 years old).
Confirmed by Germans, they buried Private Butcher in:-
Cemetery Notre Dame, Cambrai, France.
Grave No. 1615, Block III
Private Butcher was buried in:
Collective Grave No. III
Military Cemetery, Porte de Paris, Cambrai
Plot 2, Row M, Grave 1
14/11/1922: His body was exhumed and reburied in:-
Plot 1, Row A, Grave 1
Porte-de-Paris Cemetery, Cambrai, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Medals:
British War Medal (36687); Victory Medal (36403) and
Memorial Plaque and Memorial Scroll (322548).
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 9/11/2014. Lest we forget.
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