| Regimental number | 4/1898 |
| Place of birth | Australia |
| Occupation | Improver |
| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs A Butler, 136 North Avon Road, Richmond, Christchurch |
| Rank on embarkation | Sapper |
| Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Horse Transports, 10th Reinforcements Details, New Zealand Field Engineers |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board Waihora on |
| Final rank | Sapper |
| Final unit | New Zealand Divisional Signal Company |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
| Place of burial | Euston Road Cemetery (Plot IV, Row A, Grave No 2), Colincamps, Somme, France |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Herbert Edward Ormond Butler and Mary Anne Butler, 136 North Avon Road, Richmond, New Zealand |
| Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 23, p. 6 |