Robert Thomas BUTLER

BUTLER, Robert Thomas

Service Number: 328
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born: Bega Valley, New South Wales, Australia, 1879
Home Town: Murwillumbah, Tweed, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Heart Attack, Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia, 1 November 1951
Cemetery: Murwillumbah General Cemetery
Plot: Presbyterian: Section F 65/66
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 328, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
18 May 1900: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 328, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900.
10 Aug 1901: Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 328, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Robert Thomas Butler married Margaret Ellen McAndrew in 1906 at Murwillumbah NSW. They were farmers at Tyalgum near Murwillimbah where they raised several children.