SMYTH, Butler Cole
| Service Number: | 456 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 February 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Warragul, Vic., 25 February 1894 |
| Home Town: | Warragul, Baw Baw, Victoria |
| Schooling: | King's College Warragul |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Yarraville, Melbourne, Vic., 1971, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, Victorian Garden of Remembrance |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 456, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 456, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 456, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
BUTLER COLE SMYTH was born at Warragul, Victoria, on 25th February, 1894, the son of Mr. C. N. Smyth and Mrs. Roberta Mary Smyth. He was educated at King’s College, Warragul, and joined the service of the Bank on 12th October, 1910, at Melbourne.
Butler Cole Smyth enlisted on 4th February, 1915, as a member of the A.I.F., being allotted to the 23rd Battalion, 6th Brigade. He served in Egypt, Gallipoli and France, and took part in the Battles of Lone Pine, Pozieres, Ypres, Mouquet Farm and Bapaume, and won promotion to sergeant. On 3rd May, 1917, he was wounded at Bullecourt.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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