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BUTLER, Sydney

Service Numbers:	1617, 1617A
Enlisted:	3 May 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bushy Park, Tasmania, Australia , 1887
Home Town:	Glenora, Derwent Valley, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bushy Park I.O.O.F. Loyal Glenora Lodge No 25 Pictorial HR, Bushy Park I.O.O.F. Loyal Glenora Lodge No 25 Roll of Honour, Bushy Park War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

3 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1617, 40th Infantry Battalion
1 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 1617, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
1 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 1617, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart
12 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 1617A, 49th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1617A awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-12

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John and Mary BUTLER of Bushy Park, Macquarie Plains, Tas.