Percy Allan BUTCHER

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BUTCHER, Percy Allan

Service Number:	NX25139
Enlisted:	5 June 1940
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
Born:	Waterloo, New South Wales, 17 February 1910
Home Town:	Waterloo, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Printer
Died:	Accidental Injuries (motorcycle crash), Greenslopes Military Hospital, Queensland, Australia, 23 December 1942, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld Lutwyche Cemetery, Lutwyche, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

5 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX25139, Paddington, New South Wales
5 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX25139, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
6 Jun 1940:	Involvement Private, NX25139
23 Dec 1942:	Involvement Corporal, NX25139, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)

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Biography contributed by Paul Trevor

NX25139 Corporal Percy A. Butcher, of the 2/103 General Transport Company, was killed on the 23 December 1942 in a motor vehicle accident, where the motorcycle he was riding at the time collided with a military van.

Corporal Butcher was later prenounced deceased at the Greenslopes Military Hospital, Brisbane and was buried at the Brisbane (Lutwyche) Cemetery.

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