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BUTLER, Arthur Grahame
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2584 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Botany, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Botany Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 1 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2584, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 2584, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 2584, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 14 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
| 13 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Arthur G Butler was killed in action on the 5 May 1917 by shellfire when the 4th Battalion was in support near Bullecourt. Although not in the front line the 4th Battalion lost 37 men killed to the very heavy German shelling of their positions on this day.
His brother Joseph Russell Butler served for over 3 years with the 2nd and 54th Battalions.