Richard BUTLER

Regimental number3/2698
OccupationBank clerk
Next of kinFather, James Butler, Medbury, North Canterbury
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 19th Reinforcements, New Zealand Medical Corps
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 15 November 1916
The New Zealand Medical Corps component of the 19th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Medical Corps
FateDied of disease 14 December 1917
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row B, Grave No 1A), France
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 21

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