BUTTERWORTH, Rupert Godfrey
| Service Number: | 2126 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hay, New South Wales, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Hay, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Hay Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | School teacher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Parramatta NSW Public School Teachers KIA Honour Roll, Parramatta NSW Public School Teachers Who Served Abroard Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2126, 56th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 4 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2126, 56th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2126, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 2126, 56th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2126 awm_unit: 56th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His younger brother, Lieutenant Frank Alexander Butterworth MM, 4th Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, was killed in action, France, 16 October 1918.
Methodist (Sydney, NSW) 17 November 1917. PRIVATE RUPERT G. BUTTERWORTH.
Word has been received by Mr. W. G. Butterworth, of Hay, that his son, Rupert G. Butterworth, has been killed in action in France. The sad news has cast a gloom over the town where the name of Butterworth has been so long and honourably known. Deep sympathy is felt with the family in their loss of so devoted and faithful a son and brother. Rupert entered the teaching profession, passing through the Sydney High School and then entering the Teachers' Training College. He was subsequently appointed to the Hay. District School, serving there with great acceptance and credit for four years. During this time, he gained continually in the respect and esteem of those who knew him. He was a faithful member of the Hay Methodist Church, and held the position of choirmaster at the time of his enlistment. He joined the colours at the call of pure duty. He was of a gentle disposition, devoted to his family and friends — indeed, was one of nature's gentlemen. The chivalry of his nature was beautifully shown to the last in his letter home and to his mother. Much sympathy is felt with Mr. and Mrs. Butterworth and with the family.