Robert Cumming BUTTERS

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BUTTERS, Robert Cumming

Service Number:	362
Enlisted:	5 October 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	7th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Devonport, Devonshire, England, 1873
Home Town:	Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Wigan Grammar School, Lancashire, England
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Died of wounds - shrapnel wounds to the back and chest, 15th General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 5 October 1915
Cemetery:	Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery Row D, Grave 78 Headstone inscription reads: In loving memory of my dear son , Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

5 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 362, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
20 Dec 1914:	Involvement Corporal, 362, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1914:	Embarked Corporal, 362, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney
6 Feb 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 7th Light Horse Regiment, In the field
20 Sep 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 362, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapnel wounds to the back and chest and invalided to Alexandria on 25 September 1915
5 Oct 1915:	Involvement Sergeant, 362, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 362 awm_unit: 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-10-05

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Arrived in Australia aged 38 years

Son of James and Margaret Stevenson Butters of 15 Lime Street, Skerton, Lancaster, England. Brother of David Reid Butters who returned to Australia on 15 May 1919 having served with the 13th Light Horse Regiment

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

He previously served for over 18 years in the Royal Scots Greys of the British Army, England reaching the rank of Sergeant at retirement. while serving with the British Army he also served in the Boer War

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