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BUTTON, Edwin Price
| Service Number: | 51777 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 April 1942, Kellerberrin, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Redhill, South Australia, 14 January 1899 |
| Home Town: | Baandee, Merredin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | 3 July 1975, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Tammin Cemetery, Tammin, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Mundoora War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 May 1918: | Involvement Private, 51777, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 1 May 1918: | Embarked Private, 51777, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 51777, 50th Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 12 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Kellerberrin, WA |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by tony griffin
Edwin Button was the son of Charles Henry and Louisa Grace (nee Hill) Button of Mundoora. Edwin was born at Redhill on 14 January 1899. A farmer, he was 19 years old when he enlisted with both parents consent in Adelaide on 11 March 1918.
Edwin was appointed to 1st General Reinforcements “S” UK and entrained to Sydney where he embarked aboard HMAT A14 “Euripides” on 1 May 1918. He transhipped at New York and continued aboard “Teutonic” before disembarking at Liverpool on 2 July. Edwin proceeded overseas to France on 22 September and was taken on strength of 50 Battalion. After the war had ended Edwin remained in France and was detached to the Australian Burial Detachment and later to the Graves Registration Detachment. Edwin embarked from England aboard “Port Denison” on 25 September 1919 and disembarked at Outer Harbour on 10 November. He was discharged on 4 December 1919.
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