Ian Kenneth BUTTROSE

BUTTROSE, Ian Kenneth

Service Number: SX11227
Enlisted: 5 February 1941, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Robertstown, South Australia, 28 June 1918
Home Town: Parkside, Unley, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Company Secretary, Accountant
Died: Natural causes, Adelaide, South Australia, 5 July 1997, aged 79 years
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Ashes taken to Lutheran Cemetery, Robertstown, S.A
Memorials: Robertstown Peace Hall Roll of Honor WW2, Korea & Vietnam
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World War 2 Service

5 Feb 1941: Enlisted Adelaide, South Australia
5 Feb 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, SX11227, 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion
8 Sep 1943: Wounded Lieutenant, SX11227, 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, Injured in the B24 aircrash that ploughed into the 2nd/33rd Battalion at the end of Jackson's Field near Port Moresby. Sustained burns.
16 Nov 1945: Discharged
16 Nov 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, SX11227, 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography

Injured in the B24 aircrash that ploughed into the 2nd/33rd Battalion at the end of Jackson's Field near Port Moresby, 8 September 1943. Sustained burns.