Regimental number | 1928 |
Place of birth | Tweed River, New South Wales |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Crabbs Creek, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs T Butcher, Crabbs Creek, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 26th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/43/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 1928A |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 26th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Name 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. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | *Given name Wilfred Ernest |
Place of death or wounding | Somme sector, France |
Age at death | 22 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
Place of burial | Adelaide 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 |