Eric William BUTLER

Eric William BUTLER Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

BUTLER, Eric William

Service Numbers:	QX40698, Q146090, SN Q146090
Enlisted:	10 February 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 12 July 1923
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carter
Died:	Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia, 21 November 1994, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Redcliffe Cemetery, Qld
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

10 Feb 1942:	Involvement Private, QX40698, also Q146090
10 Feb 1942:	Involvement Private, Q146090, also QX40698
10 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX40698
10 Feb 1942:	Enlisted
13 Oct 1942:	Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, Q146090, ex Brisbane per SS Tasman for New Guinea
13 Oct 1942:	Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, Q146090, 235 Australian Light Anti Aircraft Battery
21 Apr 1944:	Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, SN Q146090, ex Milne Bay per Ormiston
7 Jul 1945:	Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, Q146090, ex Brisbane for Morotai per Lewis Morris
30 Mar 1946:	Embarked Private, Q146090, Emplaned Morotai for Brisbane
25 Jun 1946:	Discharged
25 Jun 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX40698

Help us honour Eric William Butler's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Eric was the youngest of five children of Thomas Harold Butler (born 1887 in Brisbane, QLD) and Elizabeth Jane McKeown Russell (born 1889 in Brisbane, QLD)

Eric was living in Brisbane and working as a Carter in February 1942 when he enlisted in the ACMF, serving until October 1942 as a Private (Service No: QX40698) with 113 Light Anti Aircraft Battery.

On 4 October 1942 Eric transferred to the Australian Armymand served with 235 Light Anti Aircraft Battery as a Private (Service No: Q146090), Eric served in New Guinea (13 October 1942 to 20 April 1944) and Morotai (7 July 1945 to 30 March 1946). He took his Discharge on 25 June 1946.

Brothers - Thomas Vernon (Service No: QX20717) and George Harold (Service No: QX44359) served with the Australian Army during WWII

Eric returned to Brisbane, QLD and worked initially as a Storeman and then briefly as a Grocer before marrying Irene Marie Cameron (born 1928) in 1956 in Brisbane, QLD. Eric and Irene moved to Margate in QLD where Eric worked as a Labourer, then in 1963 settled in Redcliffe, QLD where Eric worked as a Linesman's Assistant before becoming a Trcuk Driver. Following Irene's death in 1974, Eric worked as a Taxi Driver and died in 1994.

Virtual
War Memorial
Australia