Cecil James BUTLER

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BUTLER, Cecil James

Service Numbers:	Q47858, 123635
Enlisted:	9 February 1943
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
Born:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 6 October 1917
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Munitions Worker
Died:	Landsborough, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, 16 June 1999, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Buderim Lawn Cemetery - Crematorium & Memorial Gardens https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179734494/cecil-james-butler
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Q47858, RAAF 123635 (9/2/43-24/1/45)
9 Feb 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 123635, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
24 Jan 1946:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, 123635, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
24 Jan 1946:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 123635, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Cecil was the fourth of seven children of Eli Butler (born 1880 in Gympie, QLD) and Lillian Steele (born 1887 in Ipswich, QLD).

Cecil was living in Toowoomba, QLD and employed as a Munitions Worker in 1943 when he enlisted in the RAAF. Cecil served as a Leading Aircraftman (Service No: 123635) with 3 Aircraft Depot and was Discharged in 1946.

Brothers - Colin Roy (Service No: QX57433) and David Henry (QX54213) also served in WWII.

Cecil married Noreen Mary Morrison (born 1923 in Manly, NSW) in 1945 in Chatswood. NSW - Noreen was serving with the RAAF as a Leading Aircraftwoman (Service No: 109998).

Cecil and Noreen settled in Ipswich, QLD where Cecil work as a Truck Driver/Owner until 1980 when they moved to Landsborough on the Sunshine Coast. Noreen died in 1985 and Cecil in 1999.

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