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Walter Ernest BUTCHER

Regimental number1928
Place of birthTweed River, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressCrabbs Creek, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs T Butcher, Crabbs Creek, New South Wales
Enlistment date21 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 16 August 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll1928A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularName given on RoH circular as Wilfred Ernest BUTCHER. Enlisted 21 June 1915 - 26th Bn, 3rd Reinforcements. Taken on strength, 26th Bn, 12 October 1915. Wounded at Gallipoli, 3 December 1915; at Pozieres, France, 5 August 1916; at Broodseinde, 7 October 1917.
FateKilled in Action 18 July 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Given name Wilfred Ernest
Place of death or woundingSomme sector, France
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialAdelaide Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, grave No. 14), Villers-Bretonneux, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
107
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Adina Jane HULL. Native of Bilambil, New South Wales

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