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Full Name
Lance Corporal Martin Raymond Butler
Rank Last Held
Lance Corporal
Forename(s)
Martin Raymond
Surname
Butler
War
World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.
12/3571
First Known Rank
Corporal
Occupation before Enlistment
Engineer
Next of Kin
Martin Butler (father), Cambridge, New Zealand
Body on Embarkation
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Unit
9th Reinforcements Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation Date
8 January 1916
Place of Embarkation
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport
HMNZT 37
Vessel
Maunganui
Destination
Suez, Egypt
Nominal Roll Number
21
Page on Nominal Roll
13
Last Unit Served
Auckland Infantry Regiment
Place of Death
Somme, France
Date of Death
21 September 1916
Age at Death
20
Year of Death
1916
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Memorial Name
  • Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France
  • Cambridge War Memorial, Cambridge, New Zealand
Biographical Notes
  • Attended King's College 1911-12.
  • Son of Martin and Annie E Butler, of Pukeroro, Cambridge, Hamilton.
Description of Image
Cambridge War Memorial, Queen Street, Cambridge. (Photo G.A. Fortune 1999)
Further References
Sources Used
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1917