6th Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
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William Henry Butterworth MM (SN 4) born in Melbourne, was a 22 year old carpenter when he enlisted at Ballarat on March 2nd 1915. He embarked aboard the Euripides on May 8th destined for action at Gallipoli with the 23rd Infantry Battalion. After Gallipoli he was transferred to the 6th Brigade Machine Gun Company and moved to France in March 1916. In August 1916 he was wounded in action, suffering severe shell shock, and evacuated to England. In November it was announced that his bravery, during the action where he was wounded, had earned for him the Military Medal. He was returned to Australia aboard the Ayrshire, disembarked at Melbourne on July 17th 1917 and was discharged ‘medically unfit’ on October 11th.
