David Henry BUTLER

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BUTLER, David Henry

Service Numbers:	Q104105, QX54213
Enlisted:	23 December 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit
Born:	Newtown, Queensland, Australia, 9 January 1922
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shop Assistant
Died:	Ruptured Aortic Aneurism, Liverpool Hospital, New South Wales, Australia, 14 July 2007, aged 85 years
Cemetery:	Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery & Crematorium, NSW
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

23 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q104105, 25th Infantry Battalion
6 Jun 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q104105, 25th Infantry Battalion
7 Jun 1943:	Involvement Private, Q104105, Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit, also QX54213
7 Jun 1943:	Involvement Private, QX54213, Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit, also Q104105
7 Jun 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX54213
7 Jun 1943:	Enlisted
21 Jun 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX54213
21 Jun 1946:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

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

David was a Shop Assistant living in Toowoomba, QLD in 1941 when he enlisted in the CMF as a Private (Service No:Q104105) with 148 Australian GT Coy and 25th Battalion. He transferred to the AIF in 1943 and served with the Australian and New Guinea Administrative Unit as a Private (Service No: QX54312) until his Discharge in 1946.

Brothers - Cecil James (RAAF; Service No: 123635) and Colin Roy (Australian Army; Service No: QX5743) also served in WWII.

In 1947 in Burwood, NSW David married Cora Aileen Loch (born 1926 in Brisbane, QLD). By 1949 the family had moved to Kangaroo Valley in MacArthur, NSW where David worked as a Labourer, and in 1954 they were in Campsie NSW and David was a Process Worker. By 1958 the family had settled in Reevesby in Banks, NSW and David worked as a Driver before moving to Bounty Keye in Lyne, NSW in 1980.

David died in Toowoomba QLD (where his only child was living) in 1982

Biography contributed by Lorraine Myers

Some of the above information is incorrect and I wish to correct same.

After settling in Revesby David worked as truck driver and then store manager until he retired. He and Cora moved to Forster Keys in December 1979. They resided in Forster and Tuncurry until they returned to Sydney in June 2000, where they resided at Blue Hills Retirement Village until he passed away in 2007.

His wife Cora passed away in 2017. They are survived by their three children.

Submitted by:

Lorraine Myers (nee Butler) daughter

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