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Amos BUTLER

Regimental number787
Place of birthBeacon's Bottom, Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire, England
SchoolCouncil School, Beacon's Bottom, Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire, England
Age on arrival in Australia16.6
ReligionMethodist
OccupationRailway porter
Address79 Morgan Street, Petersham, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Charles Butler, Sunny Bank, Beacons Bottom, near Stokes Church,Beach, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date12 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameAnzac Cyclist Battalion, Reinforcement 8
AWM Embarkation Roll number12/1/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 2 December 1916
FateKilled in Action 23 August 1918
Place of death or woundingProyart, near Peronne, France
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot III, Row I, Grave No. 20), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
35
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Fanny BUTLER, "Sunny Bank", Beacons Bottom, Stokenchurch, Bucks, England

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