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BUTLER, William
(Service number 51151)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	11 February 1880	Place of Birth	Kerry, Ireland

Enlistment Information

Date	2 March 1917	Age	37 years 1 month
Address at Enlistment	Rakauroa
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs J. MANATON (sister), Rangiora/Fairlie, South Canterbury; Mr F. BUTLER (father), Kerry, Ireland
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 7¼ inches. Weight 148 lbs. Chest measurement 35-38 inches. Complexion fair. Eyes blue. Hair light brown. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing normal. Colour vision .... Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Illnesses - yes. Free from hernia, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease.Varicocele - slight right. Vaccinated (right). Good bodily & mental health. Fit - yes (?). Had rheumatic fever 17 years ago. His .. called fit turn out on examination to be a faintish from heat after a full med. It was 2 years ago & there has been no recurrence.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	27th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Regiment, B. Company
Date	12 June 1917
Transport	Tahiti
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Devonport, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	16 April 1918	Reason	Being no longer physically fit for War Service on account of (Myalgia).

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	2 August 1940	Age	58 years
Place of Death	Gisborne
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne
Memorial Reference	Block S, Plot 125
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

William Butler was the son of Francis (Frank) and Catherine (née Griffin) Butler, of Coolbane, Killorglin, Co. Kerry, Ireland. William had been ten yeasr in New Zealand when he enlisted. His brother Maurice Francis Butler was killed in action at Messines in June 1917. Other family known to be in NZ - brother James?; sister Hannah Cecilia Manaton later returned to Fairlie; another sister Catherine Frances O'Connor; uncle William Butler at Glen-iti. Came to NZ about 1906.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database [18 October 2013]; 1901 census Ireland (nationalarchives,ie, per ancestry.com.au) [06 April 2014]

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