Arthur BUTLER

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Other Name:	Butler, Arthur Ormond - Birth Records
Service Number:	3267
Enlisted:	24 July 1915
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
11 Oct 1915:	Involvement 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: ''
11 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3267, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3267, 59th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

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Son of Ormond and Julia Butler; husband of Sarah J. Wagland
(formerly Butler), of 58, York St., South Melbourne, Victoria