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Everard Cecil Butterfield

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Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy.

Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Everard Cecil AWMM
  • Surname
    Butterfield AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    17911 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1941 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    17911 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 4, p.52 Brass-finisher/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 4, p.52
    Christchurch, Canterbury 2NZEF Nom. Roll 4, p.52
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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 on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Everard Butterfield was the son of Frederick and Mabel Butterfield, of Christchurch, New Zealand; husband of Phillis Mary Butterfield, of Auckland. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    12 December 1943 AWMM
    Age 26 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy AWMM XVI. C. 22. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2377470
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.52 AWMM
    • Norton, F. (1952). 26 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Everard was my father's half brother. Everard's sister was Valarie
      My father was Ernest(known as War Public - Helen - Other Relative - 28 April 2015 - Family records

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27 December 2021Ian Banks Taumarunui New ZealandResearcher
28 April 2015HelenAUCKLANDOther Relative

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