9 Battalion unofficial medalet : Colonel A G Butler, Australian Army Medical Corps, AIF

Unofficial medalet made from metal, featuring an enamelled rectangular shaped colour patch of the 9th Battalion Australian Imperial Force (AIF). Surrounding the central colour patch is impressed into the front is 'APRIL 25 . GALLIPOLI . OCTOBER 25' and 'ANZAC / 1915'. A small suspension ring loop is attached to the top of the medalet. The reverse of the medalet is flat.

Die and example of unofficial medalet known as a `Kilcoy', or `Butler's' Medal. These medals were struck to commemorate the service of the 9th Battalion at ANZAC. After five or six months on Gallipoli the strain became very great and it was a searching test of endurance to see who could stick it the longest. A small committee of people in Queensland, chiefly residents of the Kilcoy district, raised the funds with which to provide and engrave the medals, which were presented to those members of the battalion who managed to serve at ANZAC for six continuous months from 25 April. This example of the medal was given to the Australian War Memorial by Colonel A.G. Butler, the first Regimental Medical Officer of the battalion who conceived the idea and carried it through. The die was presented by Messrs. Hardy Bros. of Brisbane who designed and produced the medals.