Topic: AIF - 5B - ICC
ICC, AIF
Imperial Camel Corps
Roll of Honour
Percy Butcher
A brief military biography of Percy Butcher
Address: Rockhampton, Queensland.
Conflict: 1914-1918.Embarkation details: Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 28 March 1916.
Embarkation Unit name: 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement.
Embarkation Roll number: 10/7/4.
Enlistment date: 1 November 1915.
Fate: Died of wounds 23 December 1916.
Marital status: Single.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Next of kin: Mother, Mrs Fanny Butcher, Baree, Mount Morgan, Queensland.
Occupation: Miner.
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial: 10.Place of birth: Moonmera, Queensland.
Place of death or wounding: Magdhaba, Sinai Peninsular, Egypt.
Place of burial: Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row F, Grave No. 100), Egypt.
Rank on enlistment: Private.Rank at death: Trooper [Tpr].
Regimental number: 2154.
Religion: Church of England.
Unit from Nominal Roll: Imperial Camel Corps.
War Grave Register notes: 2154 Trooper Percy BUTCHER, 14th Company, 3rd Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps. Died of wounds 23 December 1916. F. 100.
Lest we forget
Sources Used:
National Archives Service File.
Embarkation Roll, AWM8, Class 10, Light Horse.
Nominal Roll, AWM133, Nominal Roll of Australian Imperial Force who left Australia for service abroad, 1914-1918 War.
Roll of Honour, AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
CWGC files, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Debt of Honour Register.
Collected Records of Steve Becker.
Further Reading:
Imperial Camel Corps, Roll of Honour
The Battle of Magdhaba, Sinai, December 23, 1916, Roll of Honour, Australia and New Zealand
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: Imperial Camel Corps, Roll of Honour, Percy Butcher
