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BUTLER, CHARLES HENRY

 KILLED IN ACTION

In reference to the report received by Mr. J. T. Butler, Gawler, in reference to his sons Corporal C. H. Butler and Pte. H. Butler who were reported missing after the battle of Moquet Farm, the parents appealed to the Australian Red Cross Society's Information Bureau, and the result is seen in the two letters attached: — Butler, C. H. — Pte. H. S. Harvey, 52nd Australians, H.S. Formosa: "I know Butler personally. He came from Tasmania. I saw him last lying dead near Moquet Farm on September 3, 1916, in 'No Man's Land.' I do not know if his body was recovered. He was a tall, dark man, about 28 years of age. In respect to the other son, the report reads: — Pte. H. Butler — Informant was a brother of H. Butler, and in the same company. The company went over near Moquet Farm early in the morning of Sept. 3, H. Butler being with them. Informant was told by Corpl (now 2nd Lieut.) Dinney, A. Co., 4 PL, that he saw H. Butler in a shell hole badly wounded. There was a heavy bombardment going on, and Dinney could not do anything for him. We held the ground."

The North Western Advocate 10^th February 1917

Studio portrait of the Butler brothers from Ulverstone, Tas. who joined the AIF on 22 July 1915 and were Sergeants in the 12th Battalion. When the AIF was re-organised in 1916, before the infantry battalions were sent to France, they were both transferred to the 52nd Battalion, both reverted to the ranks from Sergeant on 3 March 1916 and on the same day they were also both promoted to Corporal. Left to right: 3119 Sergeant Charles Henry Butler, who, serving as a Corporal in the 52nd Battalion was killed in action at Mouquet Farm in France on 4 September 1916; 3120 Sergeant Morton Linthorne Butler, who with his brother served as a Corporal in the 52nd Battalion, was evacuated sick from France, eventually he was repatriated to Australia and discharged from the AIF on 18 September 1917 with a "dilated action of the heart"

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