Arthur BUTLER

Arthur BUTLER Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

Other Name:	Butler, Arthur Ormond Tasman - Birth Records
Service Number:	3267
Enlisted:	24 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 1883
Home Town:	South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	State School No 2686, South Road, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Iron Worker
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial

24 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3267, Depot Battalion (AIF), Melbourne, Victoria
11 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3267, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
20 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3267, 7th Infantry Battalion, Joined Unit -- T.O.S -- Tel El Kebir, Egypt
24 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 7th Infantry Battalion -- Tel El Kebir, Egypt
18 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3267, 59th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Kinfauns Castle"
29 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3267, 59th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3267, 59th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

Help us honour Arthur Butler's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.