Harry Butler

Deceased Person

1889 – 1924

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Who was Harry Butler?

Henry John 'Harry' Butler AFC was an early Australian aviator, an air force officer, and a World War I flying ace. When he flew an air mail run from Adelaide across Gulf St Vincent to Minlaton on 6 August 1919, it was the first over-water flight in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Born
Nov 9, 1889
Yorketown
Nationality
  • Australia
Died
Jul 30, 1924
Adelaide

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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