Percy Lewis BUTTERWORTH

BUTTERWORTH, Percy Lewis

Service Number: SX4543
Enlisted: 6 June 1940, Wayville, South Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born: Millicent, South Australia, 17 November 1918
Home Town: Rendelsham, Wattle Range, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Injuries, Syria, 18 July 1941, aged 22 years
Cemetery: Beirut War Cemetery
Plot 1, Row A, Grave 3 Roll of Honour - Rendelsham, SA, Beirut War Cemetery, Beirut, Lebanon
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Millicent War Memorial, Rendelsham War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

6 Jun 1940: Enlisted Private, SX4543, Wayville, South Australia
6 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX4543, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
18 Jul 1941: Involvement Private, SX4543, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Birth registration of name is Percy Louis Butterworth as per Book/Page 68A/277

Son of William Henry Butterworth and Bertha Mary (nee Altschwager) Butterworth of Rendelsham, SA;

Brother of Grace May Butterworth, Elizabeth Hilda Butterworth and William Henry Butterworth,