Albert BUTLER

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Service Number:	1907
Enlisted:	29 December 1914
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 21 August 1895
Home Town:	Macclesfield, South Australia, Mount Barker, South Australia
Schooling:	Macclesfield School, South Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 8 April 1917, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Macclesfield ANZAC Memorial Gardens, Macclesfield Football Club Pictorial Honour Roll, Macclesfield Honour Roll WW1, Macclesfield War Memorial, The South Australian National War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

29 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1
20 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1907, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
20 Apr 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1907, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Adelaide
17 Jul 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1907, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
8 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1907, 10th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (First), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1907 awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-08
Date unknown:	Involvement 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Enlisted 29 December 1914 - 10th Bn, 5th Reinforcements. Taken on strength, 10th Bn, 8 July 1915. Appointed Lance Corporal, 20 January 1917.