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Australia

Daughter of Charles William BUTLER and Beatrice nee TRAVERS
Of 'Ashfield' Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tas.
Educated Hobart Tasmania
Trained Children's Hospital Melbourne for three years from 01 January 1913 to 01 January 1916
Nursed both adults and children between March and June 1916
Served 3 months in Enteric wards also six weeks with Enteric Fever patients in general wards.
Residing 106 Queen's Gate, South Kensington London 13 September 1916
Joined QAIMNSR 26 September 1916
Embarked for France 23 March 1918
Joined 4th General Hospital Etaples, France from England 27 March 1918
'Miss Butler proved herself a quiet self'reliant and tactful nurse and made an excellent ward sister'
'I consider Staff Nurse Butler quite up to the standard of rank in general professional ability, with plenty of initiative. She has fair administrative capacity, she instructs her orderlies well, but is a little lacking in discipline. She is very kind to her patients, and spares herself no trouble for their comfort. She is very even tempered and tactful. She seems to have good judgement and common sense. She is energetic, punctual and very self reliant and quite reliable, has a very good influence generally and is much liked by her fellow workers. She has never acted in a higher rank than she at present holds, but I think in time she will be fitted for promotion to a higher rank in the ordinary course.'
To 34th Casualty Clearing Station 30 June 1918
To 2 Stationary Hospital 14 December 1918
To 18 Casualty Clearing Station 17 May 1919
Arrived from France 17 May 1919 for repatriation
Transferred from King George Hospital, Stamford Street to Kitchener Hospital, Brighton 29 May 1919 for temporary duty pending repatriation to Australia
'Staff Nurse Miss B T Butler has served under me from 12 December 1918. I have found her to be a very good Staff Nurse, in professional ability up to the standard of her rank. She is energetic, most reliable, has plenty of common sense, her influence generally is excellent. She is in every way fitted for promotion when it is due.'
Discharged 06 August 1919
Returned to Australia 06 August 1919 per 'Katoomba'
Resided 'Ashfield', Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tas. 1920
Did not marry

A popular girl who will be leaving Hobart shortly for nursing duty in France is Miss Bertie Butler, daughter of Mr. C.W. Butler, of Ashfield, Sandy Bay. Miss Butler has three brothers, as well as cousins, in the fighting line. She is paying all her own expenses and hopes to get work when she reaches France. As she is fully qualified this is very probable.

The Tasmanian Mail 29 June 1916 page 9 col 2