Tasmanian War Casualties

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Butler, Vernon Richard

See Also Butler Kenneth Herbert (brother)

Born 22 May 1919 St. Mary’s Tasmania to Herbert Arthur and Gladys Irene Butler (nee Grant) he was farming when he enlisted in the AIF and was posted to the 2/29 Battalion.

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Pte V. Butler, son of Mr and Mrs H. A. Butler, 28 Ann St., Launceston, is reported to have died of illness in a prisoner of war camp in Malaya.

Pte Butler was a member of the 8th Division, and was wounded in the Malayan campaign. He was born at St. Marys, was in his 24th year, and unmarried. A brother, Sgt K. Butler (RAAF), was killed in an aircraft accident in England in 1941.

The Mercury 24 May 1945

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