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Chris James BUTLER

Regimental number4453
Place of birthJerusalem Creek, Victoria
SchoolState School, Upper Thornton (?), Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressJerusalem Creek, Upper Thornton, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, Mr C J Butler, Jerusalem Creek, Victoria
Enlistment date13 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll6 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll46th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 9 July 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Given name Christopher James
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death20.11
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialCrouy British Cemetery (Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 8), Crouy-Sur-Somme, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
141
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Christopher and Amynta BUTLER, Eildon Weir, Upper Thornton, Victoria. Natie of Jerusalem Creek, Upper Thornton, Victoria
Family/military connectionsUncle: 4209 Pte George Henry McINTOSH, 54th Bn, killed in action, 2 August 1916.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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