John Cooper Nelson BUTLER

BUTLER, John Cooper Nelson

Service Number: Q265550
Enlisted: 18 June 1942
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Base Ordnance Depots
Born: Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 14 January 1903
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Salesman
Died: Manly, Queensland, Australia, 11 February 1976, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

18 Jun 1942: Involvement Private, Q265550
18 Jun 1942: Enlisted
19 Jun 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q265550
22 Nov 1943: Discharged
28 Nov 1945: Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, Q265550, Base Ordnance Depots
28 Nov 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q265550

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

John was the eldest of six children of Henry Stanley Butler (born 1874 in Brisbane, QLD) and Ellen Nelson (born 1876 in Scotland). John was a Shop Assistant in Fortitude Valley in Brisbane QLD in 1924 when he married ivy Maud Dalton (born 1902 in Brisbane, QLD), John and Ivy continued to live in Brisbane, where by 1928 John was a Salesman. 

In 1942 John enlisted in the Australian Army, serving with 7 Base Ordnance Depot as a Private (Service No: Q265550). Following his Discharge in 1945 he continued to live in Brisbane and work as a Salesman/

Brother - in - Law John Taylor (Service No: QX264) also served in WWII.

In the mid 1950s John and Ivy moved to Manly where John worked as a Hospital Orderly until his death in 1976. Ivy died in 1964

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