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Edward Arthur Ormond Butler

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 34), Page: 2 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 34), Page: 2 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edward Arthur Ormond AWMM
  • Surname
    Butler AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 14385 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    • Australia AWMM
    • 15 June 1887 Noel Smith and Lyn Griffiths research
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Percy Selwyn Butler (father), Omahu Road, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Battle of Messines AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 14385 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 Unknown AWMM Clerk AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Edward Butler was the son of Percy Selwyn and Ellen Margaret Butler, of Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    21 February 1917 AWMM
    Age 30 AWMM
    Messines, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Pont-Du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord, France AWMM IV. E. 16. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • St. Aidans Church, 5 Ascot Avenue, Remuera, Auckland 1050 AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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