BUTLER, Vivian James
| Service Numbers: | QX37500, Q135266, QX26122 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 December 1941, Gympie, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 4 August 1920 |
| Home Town: | Gympie, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 15 May 1978, aged 57 years |
| Cemetery: |
Gympie Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 23 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX37500, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 23 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Private, QX37500, Gympie, Queensland | |
| 24 Dec 1941: | Involvement QX26122, also Q135266 & QX37500 | |
| 24 Dec 1941: | Involvement Q135266, also QX26122 & QX37500 | |
| 24 Dec 1941: | Involvement Private, QX37500, also Q135266 & QX26122 | |
| 9 Aug 1943: | Involvement Private, QX37500, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns | |
| 29 May 1945: | Involvement Private, QX37500, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, Borneo - Operation Oboe July - August 1945 | |
| 26 Jun 1946: | Discharged Private, QX37500, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 Jun 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX37500, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion |
Private Vivian James Butler
Vivian was the second of three children of James William Butler (born 1895 in Gympie, QLD) and Maud Ann Barlow (born 1897 in Gympie, QLD. Vivian was raised in Gympie where his father worked on the Railways, initially as a Fireman and then as a Locomotive Driver). Vivian was a Labourer in Gympie, QLD when he enlisted in the Australian Army in 1941, serving as a Private (Services Nos: QX26122/QX37500/Q135266). He served in the Middle East as a Rat of Tobruk, and in New Guinea and Borneo and was Discharged in 1946.
Vivian returned to Gympie following his Discharge, and worked as a Labourer. He married Lillian Martha Barlow (born 1923 in Gympie, QLD) in 1947 in Gympie Qld and worked as a Motor Driver. He and Lillian remained in Gympie, raising eight children, and Vivian worked as a Tractor Driver and a Plant Operator. He died in 1978 and Lillian in 1992.
Submitted 31 July 2020 by Chris Buckley
Biography contributed by Robert Kearney
Vivian was a Labourer in Gympie, Queensland when he enlisted initially on 12/12/1941 as a Private (Service no: 26122) and was Discharged as Medically Unfit on 1 January 1942
He then enlisted and served from 10 July 1942 - 26 June 1946 with Australian Army 2/9 Infantry Battalion; Private (Service No: QX37500) in New Guinea (1943), and Borneo (1945 - 1946). He was Discharged on 26/6/1946.
Courtesy Chris Buckley
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