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Owen BUTT

Regimental number2768
Place of birthCrookwell New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
AddressBowraville, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation38
Next of kinWife, Mrs Clara Elizabeth Butt, Taylor's Arms, Bowraville, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date9 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 5
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/15/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 9 November 1916
FateKilled in Action 2 July 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death from cemetery records39
Place of burialKandahar Farm Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 23), Neuve-Eglise, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
173
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents; Seith and Matilda BUTT; husband of Clara BUTT, Taylor's Arm, Macksville, New South Wales. Native of Crookwell, New South Wales

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