Frank Joseph BUTTERWORTH

BUTTERWORTH, Frank Joseph

Service Number: 3476
Enlisted: 18 August 1915, Bundaberg, Queensland
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 4th Pioneer Battalion
Born: Bundaberg, Queensland, 1888
Home Town: Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland
Schooling: Woongara State School
Occupation: Carter
Died: Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 4 August 1916
Cemetery: Pozières British Cemetery
Plot 1V, Row L, Grave 41,
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundaberg Christ Church Roll of Honour, Bundaberg War Memorial, Bundaberg Woongarra State School Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3476, Bundaberg, Queensland
21 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3476, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3476, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Brisbane
9 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion, Joined at Tel el Kebir
4 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3476, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3476 awm_unit: 4th Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-04

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Frank Joseph and Frances Mary Butterworth of Hunter Street, Bundaberg, QLD. previously Burnett Street, Bundaberg; brother of C.E. Butterworth of Gladstone, QLD

16 March 1916 - transferred to 4 Pioeers Battalion

Medals: 1814-15 Star, British War Medal. Victory Medal