BUTCHER, John Samuel
| Service Number: | 599 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 March 1915, An original of C Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Berrigan, Berrigan, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Lalalty Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Chauffeur |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 29 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Berrigan ANZAC Remembers Memorial Walls, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 599, 24th Infantry Battalion, An original of C Company | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 599, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 599, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Corowa Free Press 19 September 1916.
‘…Word was transmitted to Mr. and Mrs. S. Butcher, of Old Berrigan, recently, that their oldest son, Private Jack S. Butcher, had been killed in action in France on 30th July 1916. He was wounded on Gallipoli, and sent to hospital in England. The news was received in Berrigan with feelings of sincere regret, as Private Butcher had earned the respect and esteem of all the residents by his manly conduct, and his excellent character as a civilian. He was the first Berrigan soldier to make the great Sacrifice for his King, Empire and Liberty.’
His younger brother 3708 Private Sydney Jackson Butcher 4th Battalion AIF, returned to Australia 12 November 1916 with shrapnel wounds to both legs inflicted at Pozieres about the same time as his brother was KIA.