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BUTTON, Laurence George
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | S7976, SX23287 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 July 1942, Mount Martha, VIC |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Red Hill, South Australia, 9 January 1921 |
| Home Town: | Red Hill, Mid North, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Snowtown, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer handyman |
| Died: | fluid on the heart after a major cerebral hemorrhage , Wauchope Nsw Australia, 16 March 1986, aged 65 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Red Hill Honour Roll WW2 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 7 Jul 1942: | Involvement Trooper, SX23287 | |
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| 7 Jul 1942: | Involvement Trooper, S7976 | |
| 7 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Mount Martha, VIC | |
| 7 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX23287 | |
| 17 Jan 1944: | Discharged | |
| 17 Jan 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX23287 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
Personal Stories
Dad my own hero.
Dad joined the light horse in 1942 he trained through the mountain in Qld all through the glass house mountain and eventually sent back to packapunual. He was staying in the 13th barracks and there was a call to all men except for dads regiment to move to Darwin NT and where they were all killed. From that day the number 13 was his lucky number.
In his training he became the breaker of the light horses. Then latter he became the teacher of the mortar bomb assembly and then was transfered to the armored devision and was tought morse code in the tanks. 1944 he got a call that his mum and dad were very ill was granted perminant leave and ran the farm from then on.
Submitted 9 January 2021 by Angela Button
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