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BUTTERS, Richard Leslie Oliver
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1863 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 January 1917, Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Shoeing-Smith |
| Last Unit: | 15th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Cross Forrest Roads, Cobden, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Lismore, Corangamite, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Dysentry & liver abscess, Illness (Dysentery), Damascus, Palestone, France, 22 November 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Beirut War Cemetery Grave 193, Beirut War Cemetery, Beirut, Lebanon, Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Busigny, Cambrai, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cressy & District War Memorial Gates, Cressy Foxhow State School Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 31 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1863, Camel Corps, Melbourne | |
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| 10 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 1863, Camel Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 1863, Camel Corps, HMAT Boorara, Melbourne | |
| 22 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith, 1863, 15th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1863 awm_unit: 15th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Sh Smith Cpl awm_died_date: 1918-11-22 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Richard Leslie Oliver BUTTERS was born in Cross Forrest Roads, Cobden, Victoria in 1893
His parents were Richard BUTTERS & Susannah LINGENBERG who married in Victoria in 1890
He enlisted in Melbourne on 31st January, 1917 as a Private and embarked with the Camel Corp, 16th reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Boorara on 10th May, 1917
Richard died of dysentry & a liver abscess on 22nd November, 1918 and is buried in the Beirut War Cemetery - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial
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