BUTTON, George Rowland
| Service Number: | 1691 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 February 1901 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles |
| Born: | Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England, 1876 |
| Home Town: | Anakie, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | School Teacher - Anakie State School, Victoria |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Wilmansrust, Wilmansrust, Mpumalanga, South Africa, 12 June 1901 |
| Cemetery: |
Middleburg Cemetery, South Africa Old Section |
| Memorials: | Anakie Lance Corporal George Button Memorial Plaque, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square), Box Hill South Africa (Boer) War & China War Memorial, Geelong Boer War Memorial, Melbourne - 5th Contingent Victorian Mounted Rifles |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 1691 | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 1691, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles | |
| 14 Feb 1901: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
George Rowland BUTTON was born in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England in 1876
His parents were Harneis BUTTON & Frances Caroline Rich TREASURE who married in the Parish Church, Aberford, UK on 8th April, 1875
He enlisted to serve in the Boer War on 14th February, 1901 and was Killed in Action at Wilmansrust in South Africa on 12th June 1901
George is buried in the Old Middelsburg Municipal Cemetery in South Africa and there is a memorial plaque in his honour in the Anakie State School in Victoria, Australia (see photo)
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His brother Cecil Harnies BUTTON (SN 64) also served in the Boer War
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