BUTLER L.G.

BUTLER L.G.

Given Names: Leslie Gordon

Service Number: 5665

Unit: 6th Battalion, 18th reinforcements

Rank: Private

Paybook Number: 192155

Age: 24 Yrs 3 Mths

Occupation: Labourer

Marital Status: Single

Religion: Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Height: 5 Ft 4¾ In

Weight: 139 Lbs

Chest: 32½-35½ In

Hair: Black

Eyes: Brown

Complexion: Dark

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted: 13/2/1916

Place: Sale

Next of Kin: SISTER Miss Esther Butler

107 Derby Street, Kew, Victoria

Embarkation Date: 3/7/1916

Port: Melbourne

Ship: HMAT Ayrshire A33

END OF WAR

Status: Returned to Australia

Ship: Berrima

Embarked: 2/1/1919

Disembarked: 17/2/1919

Unit: 6th Battalion

Rank: Private

Discharge Date: 27/3/1919

Place: Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star: Not earned

British War Medal: 48278

Victory Medal: 47417

Other:

BIRTH

Date or Year: 1891

Place: Swan Reach, Victoria

Father: Joseph BUTLER

Mother: Emma HALL

MARRIAGE

Year: 1926

Place:

Spouse: Clara Florence WALKER

DEATH

Date or Year: 23/7/1973

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria

Burial: Fawkner Crematorium, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 28/1/1917; gun shot wound, buttock

Wounded in action 25/8/1918; gassed

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Springvale Walls of Remembrance