Butler, Arthur Graham

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Author of Offical History of the Australian Army Medical Services in WWI. Pub in 3 vols., 1930, 1940 & 1943

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D.S.O., V.D., M.B. (Camb. & Syd.), Ch.B., B.A. (Camb.): Colonel, A.A.M.C., A.I.F., Gallipoli and France. Enlisting 20th August, 1914, and sailing in October as R.M.O. 9th Battn., served in Egypt and Gallipoli until the Evacuation. On 24th February, 1916, was appointed D.A.D.M.S. Army Corps H.Q. and on 24th March, 1917, C.O. 3rd Australian Field Ambulance. From November, 1917, to July, 1918, was Collator, Medical Section, Australian War Records, and on 26th July appointed C.O. No. 3 Australian General Hospital, Abbeville, serving there until October, when he returned on Anzac Leave. Re-embarking in January, 1919, resumed command of No. 3 A.G.H. and was again employed on special duties in connection with War Records, returning in January, 1920. Promoted major, 5th October, 1915; lieutenant-colonel, 20th November, 1916; colonel, 11th November, 1918. Awarded D.S.O. for services at the Landing at Gallipoli and Mentioned in Despatches three times. Editor of Official History of Australian Army Medical Services in the War of 1914-18 . Early education at Ipswich Grammar School.

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1872

Butler A.G. : Life.Birth 25 May 1872
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Early education at Ipswich Grammar School, Ipswich, QLD, Australia
1894

Tertiary education at University of Cambridge, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England 1894
1899

Tertiary education at University of Cambridge, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England 1899
1899

Registered as Medical Practitioner QLD 3 Aug 1899 at Brisbane [ QLD Australia ]
1902

General Practitioner at Gladstone -- QLD, Australia 1902
1907

Studied 1907 - 1908 @ University of Sydney : Camperdown [ NSW Australia ]
1908

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1908
1908

Medical Practitioner at Wickham Terrace -- Brisbane, QLD, Australia 1908
1911

Tertiary education at University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD, Australia 1911
1914

Enlisted 20 Aug 1914
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Military service as Colonel at Gallipoli --, Turkey ; France --, France
1919

Returned to Australia 19 Dec 1919
1922

Lived at 1922 at Brisbane [ QLD Australia ]
1927

Medical Officer at Duntroon -Duntroon- Canberra, Australia 1927
1928

Medical Officer at Canberra -- ACT, Australia 1928
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Military award: D.S.O. on
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Military award: V.D. on
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Military award: Mentioned in Despatches on
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Military award: 1914-15 Star on
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General Practitioner at Kilcoy -- QLD, Australia
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Member of British Medical Association (BMA)
1949

Death in Canberra -- ACT, Australia 27 February 1949

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Male

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