BUTLER, Morton Linthorne
| Service Number: | 3120 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Chudleigh, Tasmania, Australia, 1 September 1888 |
| Home Town: | Ulverstone, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm hand |
| Died: | 1940, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 22 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3120, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3120, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3120, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Three Butler brothers enlisted from Gawler, near Ulverstone, Tasmania, at about the same time in mid-1915 and all left Australia with the 10th reinforcements of the 12th Battalion AIF. Charles Henry, Herbert and Morton Butler all transferred to the 52nd Battalion in Egypt together on 3 March 1916. All three were made Corporals the same day.
Charles Henry and Herbert were both killed on 4 September 1915 when the 52nd Battalion made an attack on Mouquet Farm suffering heavy casualties. It took many months for them to confirmed as killed as both were listed as missing. Herbert’s body was discovered in 1923, and his identity disc, a pendant, and a damaged watch were returned to his father in August that year. Herbert’s remains were buried in the Serre Road Cemetery in France. Morton was present during the battle and survived, and knowing the terrible circumstances of the fighting and the chances of his brothers being found alive, wrote a letter home to his parents telling them to prepare for the worst.
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