The story
Name: E Mac BUTTERWORTH
Rank: Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: L/FX 79950
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 814 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Venerable
Date of death: 1946-01-31
Aircraft: Firefly
Place of death: Australia
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: SYDNEY WAR CEMETERY - New South Wales
Commemoration details: Plot 3A, Row B, Grave 2
Family details: Son of Thomas Mackenzie Butterworth and Rhoda Halliwell Butterworth, of Knott End, near Fleetwood, Lancashire, England
Rank: Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: L/FX 79950
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 814 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Venerable
Date of death: 1946-01-31
Aircraft: Firefly
Place of death: Australia
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: SYDNEY WAR CEMETERY - New South Wales
Commemoration details: Plot 3A, Row B, Grave 2
Family details: Son of Thomas Mackenzie Butterworth and Rhoda Halliwell Butterworth, of Knott End, near Fleetwood, Lancashire, England
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