John BUTCHER

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Service Number:	142
Enlisted:	21 August 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Waterloo, Lancashire, England, 25 February 1885
Home Town:	North Perth, Vincent, Western Australia
Schooling:	Christ Church School, Waterloo, Lancashire, England
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Illness (Enteric fever), Floriana Hospital, Malta, 5 September 1915, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Pieta Military Cemetery Plot B, Row V111, Grave 6 Chaplain M. Tobias officiated Headstone inscription reads: As a man as a soldier duty nobly done, Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

21 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 142, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
2 Nov 1914:	Involvement Private, 142, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1914:	Embarked Private, 142, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
15 Aug 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 11th Infantry Battalion, In the field at Gallipoli
5 Sep 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 142, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 142 awm_unit: 11 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-09-05

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Arrived in Australia aged 27 years

Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Butcher of 14 Rushton Street, Victoria Park, WA formerly of 294 Bulwer Street, North Perth, WA

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