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BUTLER, Christopher James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 4453 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Jerusalem Creek, Upper Thornton, Victoria, date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Died of wounds, France, 9 July 1918, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme Plot III, Row E, Grave 8 Headstone Inscription "FAR FROM THOSE THAT LOVE HIM IN A HERO'S GRAVE HE LIES", Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy St Pierre, Amiens, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
28 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4453, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
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28 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4453, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
9 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4453, 46th Infantry Battalion, Killed in action |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Christopher and Amynta J. BUTLER, of Eildon Weir, Upper Thornton, Victoria, Australia. Native of Jerusalem Creek, Upper Thornton, Victoria.