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Richard Leslie Oliver BUTTERS

Regimental number1863
Place of birthCobden, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressLismore, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, R Butters, Lismore, Victoria
Enlistment date31 January 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameDecember 1916 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number11/14/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A42 Boorara on 10 May 1917
FateNo details of fate entered on Nominal Roll
Place of burialBeirut British War Cemetery (Grave No. 193), Syria
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
9
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Lismore Cemetery, Victoria. Parents; Richard (d. 29 November 1935; bu. lismore) and Susannah (d. 27 june 1953, aged 83; bu. Lismore) BUTTERS, William Street, Lismore, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Palestine, Syria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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