Alfred BUTTON

BUTTON, Alfred

Service Number: 30
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Tasmanian Mounted Infantry Contingent
Born: Fingal, Tasmania, Australia, 20 November 1877
Home Town: Evandale, Northern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Gardener
Died: Killed in Action, Jasfontein; Rensburg, South Africa, 9 February 1900, aged 22 years
Cemetery: Colesberg Cemetery, South Africa
Garden of Remembrance
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Evandale Boer War Memorial, Hobart Boer War Memorial, Launceston Boer War Memorial, Longford War Memorial, Perth War Memorial
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 30
1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 30, 1st Tasmanian Mounted Infantry Contingent
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Button was killed "in what was practically the first fight of the Tasmanians" during the Boer War.

His younger brother, 132 Corporal James Button 40th Battalion AIF was killed in action at Passchendaele 13 October 1917. 

Two other brothers enlisted at the same time in the 40th Battalion and returned to Australia in mid 1919, 134 Ernest John Button and 111 Herbert James Button.

 

Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Alfred BUTTON was born in Fingal, Tasmania on 20th November, 1877

His parents were William Ernest BUTTON & Hannah Elizabeth OAKLEY