BUTTSWORTH, Halwyn Wilfred
| Service Number: | NX44870 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 16 September 1941, Paddington, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 12 September 1909 |
| Home Town: | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
| Schooling: | Hobart State High School & University of Tasmania |
| Occupation: | Commonwealth Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Acute Enteritis, Fukuoka POW Camp, Japan, 18 December 1944, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Yokohama War Cemetery Section B D 14, Yokohama War Cemetery, Yokohama, Kanto, Japan |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Barton St Andrew's Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX44870 | |
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| 16 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, NX44870, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion, Paddington, Sydney | |
| 16 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX44870, 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion | |
| 15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned | |
| 18 Dec 1944: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, NX44870, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Halwyn Wilfred (Hal) BUTTSWORTH was born in Launceston, Tasmania on 12th September, 1909
His parents were Arthur Joshua BUTTSWORTH & Alice Irene CAGNEY
He married Ella Annie Merrie McLEOD in Sydney in 1939 - one daughter Anne who he never met
He enlisted in Paddington, Sydney on 16th September, 1941 with the 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion - he was taken a Prisoner of War on 15th February, 1942 (see links for further information about him)
Hal was taken ill with pneumonia but recovered and was then stricken with acute enteritis and died in the Fukouka POW Camp in Japan & is buried in the Yokohama War Cemetery
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the POW Memorial in Ballarat
IN MEMORY
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