Raymond Harvey (Pluto) BUTTERY OAM

BUTTERY, Raymond Harvey

    Service Numbers: S25889, SX23122
    Enlisted: 30 January 1940, Adelaide, South Australia
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 108 LAA / later 101 Composite Anti Aircraft Regiment
    Born: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 25 January 1922
    Home Town: Toorak Gardens, South Australia
    Schooling: Rose Park Public School and Prince Alfred College
    Occupation: Insurance & Business Manager
    Died: Pneumonia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 18 February 2017, aged 95 years
    Cemetery: Enfield Memorial Park, South Australia
    Body donated to medical science - ashes will be interred at Enfield Cemetery at a future date.
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    World War 2 Service

    25 Jan 1940: Involvement Sergeant, S25889, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces, Performing duties as a Platoon Commander in 48 Militia Infantry Battalion
    30 Jan 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, SX23122
    30 Jan 1940: Enlisted SX23122, Adelaide, South Australia
    31 Jan 1940: Involvement S25889
    31 Jan 1940: Involvement SX23122
    27 Nov 1940: Involvement Lieutenant, 48 Militia Infantry Bn - called up for full time duty. Previously part time between civilian duties.
    27 Nov 1940: Promoted Lieutenant, 48 Militia Infantry Battalion
    15 May 1942: Promoted Lieutenant, Seconded to 5th & 9th Brigades as Liaison Officer. Permitted to join 2nd AIF - SX23122
    10 Jun 1943: Promoted Lieutenant, 48 Bn now 108 LAA Regt, served as Six Gun Troop Commander of 149 Battery in Darwin. Acting Captain. Injured in Darwin.
    13 Jul 1945: Promoted Lieutenant, Hospitalised in the Field Hospital at Canungra - finished the war in the Military Hospital at Ekibin in Brisbane.
    26 Feb 1946: Discharged Lieutenant, SX23122, 108 LAA / later 101 Composite Anti Aircraft Regiment
    26 Feb 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, SX23122

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