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BUTLER, Frank Oliver

Service Number:	1656
Enlisted:	3 May 1915
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	nr Naracoorte, South Australia, 16 May 1887
Home Town:	Naracoorte, Naracoorte and Lucindale, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, Palestine, 28 July 1918, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme CROUY BRITISH CEMETERY, CROUY-SUR-SOMME IV. B. 14. France , Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy St Pierre, Amiens, Picardie, France, Jerusalem Memorial, Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Naracoorte War Memorial, Naracoorte and District Town Hall Honour Board WW1

World War 1 Service

3 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1656, 27th Infantry Battalion
23 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1656, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
23 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1656, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide
27 Jul 1918:	Involvement Sergeant, 1656, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1656 awm_unit: 27 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-07-27

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Biography contributed by Heather Ernszt

Son of George Butler and Mary Elizabeth Lynch