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Benjamin BUTCHER

Regimental number5338
Place of birthHay New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBoundary rider
AddressHay, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, A E Butcher, Church Street, Hay, New South Wales
Enlistment date24 November 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A4 Ceramic on 14 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll54th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 31 March 1917
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialQueant Road Cemetery (Plot VII, Row B, Grave No. 18), Buissy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
158
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred and Barbara BUTCHER, Pevensey Station, Hay, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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