Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Butler, Henry Edward

Born Barton Tasmania the son of Trooper John and Isabella Butler(nee Nelson) an orchardist he embarked Melbourne 2^nd February 1915 on board “HMAT Hessen” with the 3^rd Light Horse Regiment.

He died 12^th January 1917 at the 3^rd Field Ambulance El Arish from wounds received in the field and was buried in the Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Kantara, Suez Canal, North Africa.

Trooper John Butler stationed at Alonnah in charge of the Bruny Island police district officially received the sad intimation on Monday that his son, Trooper Henry Edward Butler, Third Regiment, First Light Horse Brigade who was wounded on January 9 at the brilliant and successful assault on Rafa had died of wounds on January 12. The deceased soldier left Tasmania on or about January 20, 1915, took part in the glorious charge of the Light Horse (who had volunteered to fight on foot) against the centre of the Turkish position at Gallipoli on August 7, 1915, “during a crisis in the greatest battle that has over been fought on Turkish soil" (Captain Bean) ; and was present at the battle of El Romani on August 4 1916, the capture of El Arish on December 21, and the Christmas victory at Maghdaha. In the battle of El Romani Trooper Butler had a miraculous escape, a comrade on each side of him being killed.

His youngest brother, Sergeant Gerald Bertram Butler, who was a member of Tasmania's first contingent, bravely fell in France on or about August l4 last after nearly two years of meritorious service in Egypt, in Gallipoli, and on the Western front.

The Mercury 2^nd February 1917

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