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BUTLER, Ernest Arthur
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX37684 |
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Enlisted: | 1 July 1941 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/6th Independent Company (Cavalry Commando Squadron) |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 18 April 1915 |
Home Town: | Ryde, Ryde, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Milk Carter |
Died: | Killed in Action, Papua New Guinea, 20 September 1943, aged 28 years |
Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery Plot IB, Row B, Grave 11. Personal Inscription: -"AND I GIVE UNTO THEM ETERNAL LIFE; AND THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH". |
Memorials: | Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX37684, 2nd/6th Independent Company (Cavalry Commando Squadron) | |
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1 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX37684 |
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