BUTLER, Francis Harold
| Service Number: | V389435 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 May 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Korumburra, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, 27 February 1915 |
| Home Town: | Korumburra, South Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Kongwak, Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia, 9 May 1985, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Korumburra Civil Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 2 May 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V389435, 23rd (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces | |
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| 2 May 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V389435, 23rd (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
| 2 May 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V389435, 23rd (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
| Date unknown: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V389435, 23rd (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Frank was the seventh of eight children of William Elkington Butler (born 1864 in Cogh, Victoria) and Anne (Annie) Ellen White (born 1887 in Melton, Victoria. William was a Farmer at Korumburra (The Meadows) when he married Annie in 1903. They settled at Korumburra where they raised their family.
Frank worked on the family farm (The Meadows) at Korumburra until his marriage in 1940 to Maisie Agnes McKinnon (born 1916 at Korumburra, Victoria). Frank enlisted in the ACMF in May 1942 and was a Private (Service No:V389439) with 23 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps. After his service, he was affectionately known as 'Dig'. Brothers John Elkington (Service No:VX7496); Raymond Frederick (Service No:VX119929); Norman Spencer (Service No:V389080) and sister Marjorie Enid (Service No:WR/724) also served in WWII.
Frank and Maisie settled at Bena in Korumburra where Frank was a Farmer, before moving to Braeside at Kongwak in Korumburra in 1967. Maisie died in 1973 and Frank in 1985.
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