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Murray Anderson Butler

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Murray Anderson Butler

June 21, 1940

Military Service

Service Number:

42103

Age:

26

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Air Force

Division:

# 42 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Born:

July 24, 1913
Newcastle, Ontario

Son of Floyd Allison and Isabelle Mignonette Butler, of Newcastle, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 602 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

HJAARMAALL KLIT CHURCHYARD
Denmark

Grave Reference:

Grave 16.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star July 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star July 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star July 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star July 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star December 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star December 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Murray Anderson Butler– From the Toronto Telegram February 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of Murray Anderson Butler – From the Toronto Telegram February 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– English flyer -M. A. Butler washed ashore 1940. He died so other could live as free men. We thank God for the freedom of Denmark and this flyer and his brothers of arms for their contribution. The people of Hjardemaal parish set his memorial after the liberation in 1945.

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    Memorial – English flyer -M. A. Butler washed ashore 1940. He died so other could live as free men. We thank God for the freedom of Denmark and this flyer and his brothers of arms for their contribution. The people of Hjardemaal parish set his memorial after the liberation in 1945.

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