September 2024

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One of the aims of the Southern Cross Region is to learn more about the lives and activities of Butler men and women and to recognise their achievements and the part they have played in the development of their community and/or country.
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The story of Duncan Butler (1906 – 1987)

“MATES” by Duncan Butler 2/12th Field Ambulance
Alan Squires heard this poem recited at the Melton Anzac Day Service 2024

Alan’s research discovered that Duncan Harold Butler was born in Horsham Victoria in 1906, to parents Duncan John Butler and Mabel Blanche Pengelly. Other children, Alfred William (b 1902), Marnie Florence (b 1908) and Arthur Thomas (b 1910) were also born in Horsham. The family moved to NSW, and Duncan enlisted at Wagga on the 24th June 1940, aged 34. He was single and a Minister of the Church of Christ when he enlisted.

Corporal Butler was captured by the Japanese at Tjamplong in Timor in February 1942, was moved to Java in September 1942, then to Singapore in January 1943 and Changi, before being sent to Thailand to work on the railway. He was repatriated and returned to Australia in October 1945. Article submitted by Alan Squires.

Southern Cross National Gathering Brisbane 2019

Southern Cross National Gathering in Brisbane 30th August – 2nd September 2019

Southern Cross Newsletter June 2020

Butlers and Previous Pandemics
John Butler – An Unlikely Hero
The Butler DNA Project
Ren Butler, Whisky Specialist

Southern Cross Newsletter June 2020

Southern Cross Newsletter April 2022

The 50th Anniversary Celebrations
Alexander Bishop Butler, London Gunsmith
Princess Shirley (Butler) of the Hutt River Province
Edward Henry Butler, convicted of a crime he didn’t commit.
Australian Butlers in WWI
Descendants of Sir John Butler (d. 1285) who had sugar plantations in Antigua.
Gamaliel Butler who established Australia’s oldest surviving law firm in 1824.