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Wallace Henry Butler

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 100 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 100 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Wallace Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Butler AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 23/89 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 March 1891 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    1 March 1891 Public - Trevor - Direct descendant - 24 November 2016 - Birth Certificate
  • Place of birth
    Flemington, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Public - Trevor - Direct descendant - 24 November 2016 - Birth Certificate
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Te Kauwhata, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Market Gardner. Public - Trevor - Direct descendant - 24 November 2016 - Personnel Knowledge
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    S. Butler (father), Te Kauwhata, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 9 October 1915 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 23/89 AWMM
  • Military service
    29 May 1915 to 3 June 1917 Public - Trevor - Direct descendant - 24 November 2016 - Military Personnel File
  • 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 AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Fruit Farmer Public - Trevor - Direct descendant - 24 November 2016 - Military Personnel File
  • 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
    Other, WWI AWMM
    Nature of Injury: G.S.W. hands, left arm and thigh Pension: 20/- Percent of disability: [Not stated] Source: New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Present address (as listed in New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%): Huntly West AWMM
    • Background information on Wallaces injury and why he was awarded a Military Medal can found in the books The New Zealand Division 1916-1919, by Col. H. Stewart, page 133 and The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade by Lieut.- Col. Austin page 152. Public - Trevor - Direct descendant - 25 November 2016 - The books mentioned
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Death

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  • Death
    17 June 1969 Public Source
  • Date of death
    17 June 1969 Public - Trevor - Direct descendant - 24 November 2016 - Waikato District Council, Cemeteries database (https://www.waikatodistrict.govt.nz/services-facilities/cemeteries
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Kimikia Cemetery, Huntly, Waikato, New Zealand Public - Trevor - Direct descendant - 24 November 2016 - Waikato District Council, Cemeteries database (https://www.waikatodistrict.govt.nz/services-facilities/cemeteries
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21890727
    Further Reference
  • References
    • McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 100 AWMM
    • New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%, compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent War Pensions, and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) Discharged and undischarged hospital patients, assessed as suffering permanent disability, but not yet in receipt of a pension at date (28-4-20). New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services. NZ Times Co. (Printer). AWMM

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25 November 2016TrevorAuckland, New ZealandDirect descendant

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