Butler, John Milton (Lance Corporal)

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Accession Number 3DRL/3825
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 5 wallets: 6 cm
Object type Diary, Document, Typescript
Maker Butler, John Milton
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM315 419/015/014
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copying Provisions Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Description

Collection relating to Lance Corporal John Milton Butler who served with 2/23rd Infantry Battalion in the Second World War. Consists of a typescript of a diary kept by Butler from 4 January 1941 to 19 September 1945, and describes his service in North Africa, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, New Guinea, his return to Australian and eventual demobilisation.