BUTLER, George Harold
| Service Numbers: | Q102039, QX44359 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 May 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 17 November 1920 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Apprentice Painter |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 27 February 1995, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 26 May 1941: | Involvement Private, Q102039, FTD 31/12/1941 - also QX44359 | |
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| 26 May 1941: | Involvement Private, QX44359, also Q102039 - FTD 31/12/1941 | |
| 26 May 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 26 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX44359 | |
| 15 Feb 1946: | Discharged | |
| 15 Feb 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX44359 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
George was the fourth of five children of Thomas Harold Butler (born 1887 in Brisbane, QLD) and Elizabeth Jane McKeown Russell (born 1889 in Brisbane, QLD). George was a Apprentice Painter living in Brisbane, QLD when he enlisted in the ACMF in 1941, serving as a Private (Service No: QX44359). In 1942 he was ;in the Field' when he enlisted in the Australian Army, serving as a Private (Service No: 102039) in New Guinea with 106 Australian Casualty Clearning Station. He was Discharged in 1946.
Brothers - Thomas Vernon (Service no: QX20717) and Eric William (Service No: Q146090) - also served in WWII.
In 1942 in Brisbane, QLD George married Marie Florence Kathleen Fien (born 1923 in Brisbane, QLD). George and Marie settled in Brisbane, QLD where George worked as a Painter until his death in 1995, Marie died in 1983
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