Major Bertram BUTLER DSO, MC & Bar, M.I.D. ³¹⁸

   Another name for Bertram was Bert BUTLER.¹⁸⁹⁷

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Minister/Priest: Rev. S. Snowdon, Methodist Church, 6 Apr 1890, Topsail, Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ¹⁹³⁶

2. Membership: Inducted as a member of the St. John's Lodge, Freemasons, 10 Apr 1912, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁶³⁷ Bertram Butler
in the England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921

England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921
Name:Bertram Butler
Gender:Male
Initiation Age:22
Birth Year:abt 1890
Initiation Date:10 Apr 1912
First Payment Year on Register:1912
Year Range:1910-1921
Profession:Bank Clerk
Lodge:St. John's Lodge
Lodge Location:Newfoundland
Lodge Number:579
Folio Number:206

3. Occupation: Bank Clerk, 10 Apr 1912, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁶³⁷

4. Occupation: Accountant, Bank of Nova Scotia; $900 pa, Bef 27 Aug 1914, Bell Island, Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁶⁰⁰¹

5. Military: Enlisted, Regt. # 146, Orderly Room Sergeant, 2 Sep 1914 to 14 Jan 1920, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ³²⁰³ Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914 -, Orderly Room Sergeant, Sept. 3, 1914; Lieutenant, Oct. 4, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Captain, Jan. 10, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, remained at duty, June 28, 1916; Wounded, Lesfosses Farm, April 23, 1917; Invalided to England; Returned to B. E. F., Nov. 10, 1917; Wounded, Marcoing, Nov. 20, 1917; Transferred to England, Nov. 27, 1917; Awarded Military Cross; Awarded Bar to Military Cross; Awarded Distinguished Service Order, Feb. 4, 1918; Mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig Dispatches, April 7, 1918; Returned to Newfoundland on furlough, Sept. 2, 1918; Major, Sept. 15, 1919; Seconded for duty with Civil Re-Establishment Committee, Jan. 14, 1920.

6. Military: Appointed Lietenant effective this date, 4 Oct 1914, Ayr, Ayr, Scotland. ⁶⁰⁰¹

7. Military: Promoted to Captain, 10 Jan 1916, Gallipoli, Çanakkale, Turkey. ⁶⁰⁰¹

8. Military: Military Cross -- wounded, remained at duty, cutting wires for July Drive, 28 Jun 1916, Beaumont-Hamel, Picardie, France. ⁶⁰⁰¹

9. Military: Bar to his MC – a second award; reported to have dispatched 15 of the enemy personally, 12 Oct 1916, Gueudecourt, Picardie, France. ⁶⁰⁰¹

10. Military: Wounded, Lesfosses Farm, 23 Apr 1917, Arras, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France. ⁶⁰⁰¹ Multiple wounds to face and right hand due to HE Explosion; treated at 4th London Hospital

11. Military: Distinguished Service Order, 20 Nov 1917, Cambrai, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France. ⁶⁰⁰¹

12. Military: Seriously wounded, gunshot wound to right forearm and multiple wounds in back, 20 Nov 1917, Cambrai, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France. ⁶⁰⁰¹ Treated at 3rd London Hospital (Wandsworth). Later recouperating 30 March 1918 at Dawpool Auxiliary Hospital, Thursaston, Cheshire awaiting operation on forearm in hospital in Liverpool.

13. Occupation: Accountant at paper mill, After 1919, Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁶⁰⁰²

14. Interesting: Vice-President of Great War Veterans Association, Cir 1920-1930, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁶⁰⁰³ In this capacity was heavily involved in getting the War Memorial in St. John's built.

15. Departure: On board the COLUMBIA en route to New York and then to St. John's, 16 Jun 1920, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland. ⁶⁰⁰⁴

16. Arrival: From Glasgow on the COLUMBIA en route to St. John's, 26 Jun 1920, New York, New York, New York, United States Of America. ⁶⁰⁰⁴

17. Residence: 1 Marcelle Ave, 1935, Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ¹³⁴⁷

18. Residence: From Census, 1945, Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁸⁰

19. Military: Hon. Col, RNR, Mar 1952-Mar 1957, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁶⁰⁰⁵

20. Election: Ran for PC party in Humber-St. Georges and lost, 1953, Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁴³⁶⁰

Bertram married Catherine STEVENSON on 1 Mar 1918 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.³¹⁸ (Catherine STEVENSON was born circa 1893 in Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland ^80,6006.)