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| name           = Henry (aka Harry) Butcher
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| image           = [[File:Butcher_H_&_friends.jpg|border|400px]]
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| caption         = Harry centre "For King & Cobbers" N Browning p.57
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| title          = Henry Butcher
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| image2         = [[File:Butcher_H.jpg|border|400px]]
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| above          =
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| caption2       = Harry in front "For King & Cobbers" N Browning p.177
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| dateofbirth   = Not known
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| placeofbirth   = Wongong Brook, Western Australia
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| death           = 14 Nov 1955
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|  image        = [[File:Butcher_H_&_friends.jpg|border|400px]]
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| placeofdeath   = Perth, Western Australia
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| caption       = Harry centre "For King & Cobbers" N Browning p.57
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| enlistmentage   = 23 years, 8 months
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|   image2       = [[File:Butcher_H.jpg|border|400px]]
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| description   = 5' 6" (1.68m) tall; weight 165 lbs (74.8 kg); fresh complexion, brown eyes, black hair
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| caption2       = Harry in front "For King & Cobbers" N Browning p.177
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| height          = 5' 6" (1.68m)
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| weight          = 165 lbs
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|headerstyle  = background:#ccf;
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| complexion      = fresh
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|labelstyle   = background:#ddf;
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| eyes            = brown
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| hair            = black
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| descriptionnote =  
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| header1  = Personal Information
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| occupation   = Farmer
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| religion   = Congregational
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|  label2  = Date of Birth
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| address   = Armadale, Western Australia
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|  data2  = Not known
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| relation   = Mother
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| nextofkin      = Mrs Hannah Sophia Butcher (nee Marsh)
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|  label3  = Place of Birth
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| regnumber   = [https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3175797 6414]
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|  data3  = Wongong Brook, Western Australia
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| enlistmentdate = 3 Oct 1916
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| rank           = Corporal
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| label4  = Death
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| unit      = 27th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement, transferred to 51st Battalion
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|  data4  = 14 Nov 1955
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| embarkationdatefrom = 23 Dec 1916
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| embarkationdateto = 18 Feb 1917
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|  label5  = Place of Death
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| shipembarked   = [[HMAT A35 Berrima]]
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|  data5  = Perth, Western Australia
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|  label6  = Age at Enlistment
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|  data6  = 23 years, 8 months
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|  label7  = Description
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| dateofreturnfrom = 3 Jul 1919  
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|  data7  = 5' 6" (1.68m) tall; weight 165 lbs (74.8 kg); fresh complexion, brown eyes, black hair
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| dateofreturnto  = 13 Jul 1919  
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| shipreturned    = [[SS Celtic]]
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| label8  = Occupation
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|   data8  = farmer
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| dateofreturnfrom2 = 21 Sep 1920  
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| dateofreturnto2 = 2 Oct 1920
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| label9  = Religion
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| shipreturned2    = [[SS Sonoma]]
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|  data9  = Congregational
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| fate1           = Wounded in Action 25 Apr 1918 at Villers-Bretonneux
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| label10  = Address
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| fate2          = Returned to Australia
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|  data10  = Armadale, Western Australia
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| label11 = Next of Kin
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| monument1   = [[Armadale War Memorial]]  
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|   data11 = Mother  Mrs Hannah Sophia Butcher (nee Marsh)
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| monumentnote1  = (Bedfordale panel)
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| monument2   = [[Bedfordale Roll of Honour]]
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| monument3   = [[Armadale Congregational Church Honour Board]]
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| monument4   = [[Armadale and Districts Roll of Honour]]
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|  label14 = Date of Enlistment
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|  data14 = 3 Oct 1916
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| label15 = Rank
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|  data15 = Corporal
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|  label16 = Unit/Formation
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|   data16 = 27th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement, transferred to 51st Battalion
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| medal1   = [[British War Medal]]
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| label17 = Date of Embarkation
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| medal2          = [[Victory Medal]]
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|   data17 = 23 Dec 1916 - 18 Feb 1917
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|  label18 = Ship Embarked On
 
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|  data18 = [[HMAT A35 Berrima]]
 
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| label19 = Date of Return
 
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|  data19 = 3 Jul 1919 - 13 Jul 1919 &<br />21 Sep 1920 - 2 Oct 1920
 
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|   data20 = [[SS Celtic]] &<br />[[SS Sonoma]]
 
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|   data21 = Wounded in Action 25 Apr 1918 at Villers-Bretonneux<br />Returned to Australia
 
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|  data22 = [[Armadale War Memorial]] (Bedfordale panel)<br />[[Bedfordale Roll of Honour]]<br />[[Armadale Congregational Church Honour Board]]<br />[[Armadale and Districts Roll of Honour]]
 
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|  data23 = [[British War Medal]]<br />[[Victory Medal]]
 
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Revision as of 17:35, 20 November 2018

Henry (Harry) Butcher
Butcher H & friends.jpg
Harry centre "For King & Cobbers" N Browning p.57
Butcher H.jpg
Harry in front "For King & Cobbers" N Browning p.177
Personal Information
Date of Birth Not known
"Not known" contains an extrinsic dash or other characters that are invalid for a date interpretation.
Place of Birth Wongong Brook, Western Australia
Death 14 Nov 1955
Place of Death Perth, Western Australia
Age at Enlistment 23 years, 8 months
Description 5' 6" (1.68m) tall ; 165 lbs
74.843 kg
; fresh complexion ; brown eyes ; black hair
Occupation Farmer
Religion Congregational
Address Armadale, Western Australia
Next of Kin Mother , Mrs Hannah Sophia Butcher (nee Marsh)
Military Information
Reg Number 6414
Date of Enlistment 3 Oct 1916
Rank Corporal
Unit/Formation 27th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement, transferred to 51st Battalion
Date of Embarkation 23 Dec 1916 ‒ 18 Feb 1917
Ship Embarked On HMAT A35 Berrima
Date of Return 3 Jul 1919 ‒ 13 Jul 1919
Ship Returned On SS Celtic
Date of Return 21 Sep 1920 ‒ 2 Oct 1920
Ship Returned On SS Sonoma
Fate Wounded in Action 25 Apr 1918 at Villers-Bretonneux
Returned to Australia
Monument Armadale War Memorial (Bedfordale panel)
Bedfordale Roll of Honour
Armadale Congregational Church Honour Board
Armadale and Districts Roll of Honour
Medals British War Medal
Victory Medal



Pre War

War Service

Originally intended as a reinforcement for the 27th Battalion, he was transferred to the 51st Battalion reinforcement unit at Codford in England on 25 Apr 1917.

He joined the 51st Battalion proper in their rest area near Matringhem, France on 24 Sep 1917.

Beginning in October 1917 he spent 3 months in hospital with a bad sprain of the right ankle. Involved in the famous recapture of Villers-Bretonneux on Anzac Day 1918, he received a wound to the face on 25 Apr 1918 requiring hospital attention.

Soon after rejoining his battalion he was sent on leave to England prior to attending No.4 Army School. While there he suffered a period with influenza, finally rejoining his unit in France on 15 Jan 1919.

Requested, and was granted 12 months leave for agricultural reasons in the USA from 10 Aug 1919. He embarked on SS Celtic at Liverpool on 25 Aug 1919.

Discharged 26 Dec 1920 after arriving back from San Francisco via Sydney.


409th Official List.. WOUNDED.. Henry Butcher, Armadale.[1]

Post War

Henry first appears on the electoral roll in 1922 as a pastoralist at Payne's Find with his brother William and then in 1925 at Hill Springs Station via Carnarvon. He and his wife Amy Strongman (nee Richards) who he married in 1923 are still shown there on electoral rolls until his death.

On 12 Feb 1925 a daughter Amy Thea was born in South Perth.

References

  1. ↑ "WOUNDED.". The Daily News. XXXVII, (13,513). Western Australia. 15 June 1918. p. 9. Retrieved 30 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia. 

External Links

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