P00545.046 Accession Number: P00545.046

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Grave of 142 Corporal (Cpl) John Butcher, 11th Battalion and two British servicemen. A labourer of North Perth, Western Australia prior to enlistment as a Private, he embarked from Fremantle aboard HMAT Ascanius on 2 November 1914 for Gallipoli. He was promoted to Cpl on 15 August 1915. Cpl Butcher was hospitalised with enteric fever on 24 August 1915 and evacuated to Floriana Military Hospital, Malta, where he died of the disease on 5 September 1915. He was aged 30 years.

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Accession Number
P00545.046
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor President of Malta
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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