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William Thomas Butcher

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Thomas AWMM
  • Surname
    Butcher AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    William Thomas Chasland AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 82761 AWMM
    • WWI 82930 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    16 November 1897 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 20 May 1918 AWMM Manakau, Otaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr S. Galloway (step father), Manakau, Otaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 82761 AWMM
    • WWI 82930 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 20 May 1918 AWMM Farm hand/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 4.75 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      115 pounds AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Brown AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Entered Camp June 1918.

    Listed by the NZSG under name William Thomas Butcher - defaulter, Shannon, later deleted.

    Balloted under name William Butcher; attested as William Chasland. Listed at Archives New Zealand as CHASLAND, William Thomas - [a.k.a. BUTCHER, William Thomas]. Several William Butchers are listed as Reserves on NZSG WW1 index (2002) but no Chasland. William Thomas Butcher 82930 listed as defaulter later deleted. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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