Phillip Paul BUTTERWORTH MM

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BUTTERWORTH, Phillip Paul

Service Number:	7587
Enlisted:	10 July 1917
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Preston, Victoria, Australia, 13 May 1899
Home Town:	Templestowe, Banyule, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fruiterers assistant
Died:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 November 1973, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:	Templestowe War Memorial

World War 1 Service

10 Jul 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7587, 14th Infantry Battalion
21 Nov 1917:	Involvement Private, 7587, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
21 Nov 1917:	Embarked Private, 7587, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Phillip Paul Butterworth was the son of Robert and Charlotte Butterworth of Mittagong, New South Wales. When Phillip enlisted at 18 years of age his father stated that his wife, Charlotte, had deserted the family when Phillip was about 11 years of age.

His older brother, 1510 Sergeant Robert Charles Butterworth 3rd Battalion AIF, had just been killed in action at Bullecourt on 5 May 1917, aged 24.

Phillip was awarded a Military Medal at only 19 years of age ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty near Ascension Wood on 18th September 1918. This soldier was bomb thrower to a party which cleaned up nearly 900 yards of enemy trench against stiff opposition. On two different occasions where the party was held up he climbed over the trench and crawled along the parapet, dropped in bombs at close range causing such confusion and casualties that his party were enabled to close in and account for the enemy. Throughout the fight his accurate bombing and cool daring paved the way for the bayonet men and to his individual efforts much of the success of his party was due.’

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