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William BUTLER

Regimental number9583
Place of birthCooma New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressWilmington, South Australia
Marital statusWidower
Age at embarkation36
Next of kinSister, Mrs M C Snowden, Myalla Station, Cooma, South Australia
Enlistment date17 June 1917
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameTunnelling Companies, January 1918 Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 28 February 1918
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal RollTunnelling Companies
FateDied of disease 2 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records43
Place of burialMelcombe Regis Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 3047), Dorset
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
26
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Margaret BUTLER; born at Cooma, New South Wales

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