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Matthew Butler

1887-1938

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.1

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1240

About

Born in Australia

1 September 1887
Parent

Father

Richard Butler
Residence

Hometown

Auckland
Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

Public Works Department
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Distinguished Conduct Medal ribbon

Distinguished Conduct Medal
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. On the occasion of the explosion of the end of a sap across No Man's Land he showed the greatest gallantry in continuing to open up the sap in spite of heavy shelling. He has done previous fine work of a similar nature.

Death

Died at the age of 51

3 October 1938

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5530 27/0021171, Military Personnel File.

London Gazette, 26 July 1917, p. 7663.

Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 1.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Matthew Butler (1887-1938)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/91

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