George Alfred Thomas BUTTERY

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BUTTERY, George Alfred Thomas

Service Number:	753
Enlisted:	7 October 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Remount Unit (AIF)
Born:	Bethenal Green, England, 1868
Home Town:	Port Wakefield, Wakefield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engine Driver, S.A.R.
Died:	Adelaide, South Australia, 11 March 1946, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: Kendrw Oval, Row 20, Site 10 Licence expires 31 December 2032
Memorials:	Adelaide Grand Masonic Lodge WW1 Honour Board (2), Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Balaklava Port Wakefield St Albans Church Roll of Honour, Port Wakefield Memorial Arch, Terowie Institute Honour Board

7 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
12 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 753, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
12 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 753, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
27 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, HMAT A67 Orsova from Melbourne
16 Jun 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1

Biography

Australian Remount Unit

Rank – Private

18 April 1916 – Conjunctivitis

24 April 1916 - Cattarrh

29 April 1916 – Returned to Australia on board HT Seeang Bee

16 June 1916 – Discharged. Reason given was unit disbanded

Also served 3.5 years in the Militia

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Mary Alexandrina Buttery(nee McPhail) of Port Wakefield. Residential address at time of death was Westbourne Park. Father of George Vivian Buttery, Alexander Henry Buttery, Katherine Fraser Buttery and Allan Vaughan Buttery

The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA: 1931 - 1954) Tuesday 12 March 1946

DEATHS

BUTTERY.—On March 11, at Adelaide, George Alfred Thomas Buttery, late 2nd-3rd Light Horse Regiment, 1st A.I.F., of 24 Monmouth road, Westbourne Park, loved husband of Mary Buttery and loving father of Harry, Kath, and Von. Resting.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48695528

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