Jul 14, 1891
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Born in London, England
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Nov 6, 1914
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Attested into the 21st
Battalion CEF in Kingston, Ontario
Ø Number 59123 (temporary number 726)
Ø Next of kin given as Mrs. Corrington, 24 Pokes
Cottage, Whitton N., Hownslow, England
Ø Previous occupation given as Machinist
o Later noted as Railroad Bridge Builder
Ø No previous military experience given
Ø Religion given as Wesleyan
Ø Posted to “F” Company
o This was later reorganized into “C” Company
The battalion trained in the
Kingston area through the winter with headquarters in the Kingston Armouries
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Feb 1, 1915
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Appointed to the provisional
rank of Lance Corporal
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May 6, 1915
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Embarked the RMS Metagama in
Montreal, Quebec
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May 15, 1915
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Disembarked in Devonport,
England and the battalion proceeded to the West Sandling Camp, near Hythe,
Kent to continue training
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Jun 19, 1915
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Reduced to the rank of Private
for misconduct
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Jun 23, 1915
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Admitted to the St. Martin’s
Plain Tent Hospital with a diagnosis that reads Gonorrhea
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Jun 29, 1915
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Transferred to the 1st
Northern General Hospital in Newcastle on Tyne
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Jul 23, 1915
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Discharged to duty from
hospital
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Jul 27, 1915
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Admitted to the St. Martin’s
Plain Tent Hospital to continue his Gonorrhea treatment
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Aug 27, 1915
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Discharged to duty from hospital
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Sep 3, 1915
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Forfeited 1 day’s pay for
being absent
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Sep 14, 1915
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Embarked the St. Seiriol in
Folkestone
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Sep 15, 1915
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Disembarked in Boulogne,
France and the battalion proceeded to St. Omer
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Oct 15, 1915
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Sentenced to 5 days Field
Punishment No. 2 for being absent from the 1:45 pm parade. The battalion was forming up in La Clytte,
Belgium to proceed to the front-line trench.
It should be noted that Private Butler was 1 of 24 men absent from that
parade. In some units this would have
treated as a mutiny and the punishment would have been much more severe
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Feb 5, 1916
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Admitted to the No. 5 Canadian
Field Ambulance with a diagnosis that reads Otitis Media, an ear infection
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Feb 16, 1916
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Discharged to duty from the
field ambulance
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Feb 21, 1916
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Granted 9 days leave
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Jun 10, 1916
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Admitted to the No. 4 Canadian
Field Ambulance with a diagnosis that reads Gastritis
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Jun 13, 1916
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Transferred to the No. 2
Division Rest Station
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Jun 17, 1916
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Discharged to duty from the
rest station
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Jul 3, 1916
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George Butler received a
slight shrapnel wound to his head and was treated by the battalion’s Medical
Officer. The wound was not serious and
he remained with the battalion
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Sep 30, 1916
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While the battalion was in the
front line near Courcelette, France, Private Butler received shrapnel wounds
to both feet. He was evacuated to a
field ambulance for first aid before being transported to a casualty clearing
station for further assessment and treatment
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Oct 3, 1916
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Transferred to the No. 22
Canadian General Hospital in Camiers, France
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Oct 8, 1916
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Invalided to England aboard
the Hospital Ship Cambria
On arrival in England he was
admitted to the 3rd Northern General Hospital in Sheffield
Transferred to the CCAC
(Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre) for pay purposes while in hospital
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Oct 20, 1916
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Surgery performed to remove
shrapnel from his feet
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Dec 21, 1916
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Transferred to the Hillingdon
House, Canadian Convalescent Hospital in Uxbridge
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Feb 27, 1917
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Discharged from the
convalescent hospital and reported to the CCAC in Hastings
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Mar 2, 1917
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Attached to the Garrison Duty
Depot in Hastings for light duties
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Mar 8, 1917
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Attached to the 3rd
Canadian Convalescent Depot and admitted to the St. Leonard’s Hospital
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Mar 10, 1917
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Posted to the EORD (Eastern
Ontario Regimental Depot) and attached to the Garrison Duty Depot in Seaford
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Mar 28, 1917
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Attached to the Garrison Duty
Depot in St. Leonard’s on Sea
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Apr 9, 1917
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Attached to the No. 3 CCD
(Canadian Convalescent Depot) and admitted to the St. Leonard’s Hospital
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Jul 2, 1917
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Discharged from hospital and
returned to the Garrison Duty Depot
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Jul 7, 1917
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Transferred to the Canadian
Discharge Depot in Buxton pending return to Canada
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Aug 14, 1917
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Embarked the SS Megantic in
Liverpool
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Aug 27, 1917
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Disembarked in Quebec City,
Quebec
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Sep 4, 1917
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Medical Board in Quebec City
notes
Ø Patient has limited
movement of right foot
Ø Tenderness in his
left foot
Ø Unable to walk any
distance without pain
Ø There are fragments
of shrapnel remaining in the right foot
Ø Board recommends
time in a convalescent home
Following this medical exam, George
Butler proceeded to London, Ontario
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Sep 7, 1917
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Admitted to the London Ontario
Military Convalescent Hospital
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Nov 6, 1917
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Medical Board in London,
Ontario agrees with comments of the Quebec Medical Board. The board set his disability at 20% and
determined it to be permanent.
The board recommended he be
discharged from military service as Medically Unfit
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Dec 31, 1917
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Discharged from the CEF in
London, Ontario
Ø Rank on discharge
Private
Ø War Service Badge
Class “A” issued
Ø War Service Badge
Class “B” issued
Ø Proposed residence
on discharge Kingston, Ontario
Following the end of the war
the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to him at
488 Ossington Ave., Toronto, Ontario
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Nov 11, 1949
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George William Butler died and
was buried in the Prospect Cemetery in Toronto, Ontario
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