BUTLER, Joseph
| Service Number: | 104 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 October 1899 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tasmanian Mounted Infantry Contingent |
| Born: | Longford, Tasmania, 11 June 1875 |
| Home Town: | Longford, Northern Midlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of Illness (Peritonitis), Germiston, South Africa, Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 16 June 1900, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Germiston (Primrose) Cemetery Primrose, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Evandale Boer War Memorial, Hobart Boer War Memorial, Launceston Boer War Memorial, Longford War Memorial, Perth War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 104, 1st Tasmanian Mounted Infantry Contingent, The Boer Offensive | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents | |
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 104 |
World War 2 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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"From a private letter from the front it is stated that Joseph Butler, of the Tasmanian Contingent, is dead." - from the Zeehan and Dundas Herald 30 Jul 1900 (nla.gov.au)
"TASMANIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA. LETTER FROM MAJOR CAMERON.
The Commandant of the Forces (Colonel Legge) has received the following letter from Major Cameron, commanding the Tasmanian Contingent in South Africa:-
EDENDALE, July 1, 1900. Sir,- I regret to have to report the death of No. 104 Private J. Butler, of the Second Contingent, which took place near Johannesburg on the 1st June. The cause of death was acute peritonitis..." - from the Hobart Mercury 10 Aug 1900 (nla.gov.au)
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