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Edward BUTTON

Regimental number5964
Place of birthAuguston, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressMount Carbine, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinMother, Mrs S Button, Stanley, Tasmania
Enlistment date5 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameTunnelling Companies, December 1916 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number16/15/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 25 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Tunnelling Company
FateDied of wounds 6 May 1917
Age at death from cemetery records37
Place of burialHersin Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row E, grave No. 10), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
26
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Sarah BUTTON, Stanley, Tasmania

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