Ernest Arthur BUTLER

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Service Number:	NX37684
Enlisted:	1 July 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/6th Independent Company (Cavalry Commando Squadron)
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 18 April 1915
Home Town:	Ryde, Ryde, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Milk Carter
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua New Guinea, 20 September 1943, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery Plot IB, Row B, Grave 11. Personal Inscription: -"AND I GIVE UNTO THEM ETERNAL LIFE; AND THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH".
Memorials:	Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX37684, 2nd/6th Independent Company (Cavalry Commando Squadron)
1 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX37684

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