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Nov 23, 1893
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Born in Mountain Grove,
Ontario to Joseph and Ann Amelia (nee McKeever) Butterill
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Mar 8, 1915
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Attested into the 21st
Battalion CEF in Kingston, Ontario
Ø Number 59125 (temporary number 1267)
Ø Next of kin given as Mr. Joseph Butterill,
father, Glenvale, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as Farmer
Ø No previous military experience given
Ø Religion given as Presbyterian
The battalion trained in the
Kingston area through the winter with headquarters in the Kingston Armouries
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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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May 18, 1915
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Posted to “C” Company
Transport Section
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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 4, 1916
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Attached to the Division Mule
Train Fatigue for duty in Albert, France
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Oct 15, 1916
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Rejoined the battalion from
fatigue duty
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Jan 26, 1917
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Granted 10 days leave
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Feb 9, 1917
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Rejoined the battalion from leave
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Nov 12, 1917
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Admitted to the No. 11 CFA
(Canadian Field Ambulance) with a diagnosis that reads Influenza
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Nov 15, 1917
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Transferred to the No. 12
Canadian Field Ambulance
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Nov 16, 1917
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Transferred to the No. 98
Field Ambulance
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Nov 17, 1917
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Discharged to duty from the
field ambulance
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Dec 21, 1917
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Granted 14 days leave
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Jan 9, 1918
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Rejoined the battalion from
leave
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Sep 19, 1918
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Admitted to the No. 13,
Canadian Field Ambulance with an accidentally sprained ankle. He was transferred the same day to the No.
23 CCS (Casualty Clearing Station) for treatment
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Sep 21, 1918
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Transferred via the No. 23 AT
(Ambulance Train) and admitted to the No. 23 Australian General Hospital
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Sep 26, 1918
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Invalided to England aboard
the Hospital Ship Pieter de Coninck
On arrival in England he was
admitted to the 2nd Western General Hospital, Manchester
Transferred to the EORD
(Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot) for pay purposes while in hospital
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Oct 8, 1918
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Transferred to the Ravenscroft
Hospital
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Nov 15, 1918
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Transferred to the Military
Convalescent Hospital in Woodcote Park, Epsom
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Nov 29, 1918
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Discharged from hospital care
and transferred to the 6th Reserve Battalion in Seaford
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Dec 27, 1918
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Attached to Kinmel Park
pending return to Canada
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Jan 11, 1919
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Embarked the SS Olympic in
Southampton
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Jan 17, 1919
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Disembarked in Halifax, Nova
Scotia and proceeded to Kingston, Ontario
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Jan 20, 1919
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Taken On Strength the Casualty
Company, Military District #3, Kingston
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Jan 21, 1919
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Granted leave with subsistence
until February 3, 1919
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Feb 11, 1919
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Discharged from the CEF in
Kingston, Ontario
Ø Rank on discharge
Private
Ø War service badge
Class “A” issued
Ø Proposed residence
on discharge Kingston, Ontario
Following his discharge, the 1914-15
Star, British War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to him c/o the Bath Road
Post Office, Kingston
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Feb 15, 1940
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Canadian Voter’s list shows
him living on Bath Road, Kingston Township
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Nov 26, 1952
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Russell Edmund Butterill died
in Kingston, Ontario and was interred in the Cataraqui Cemetery there along
with his parents
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