{{Short description|Senior officer in the Australian Army (1928–2020)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox military person | name = David Matheson Butler | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1928|09|03|df=yes}} | birth_place = Guildford, Western Australia | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|11|24|1928|09|03|df=yes}} | death_place = Sydney, New South Wales | burial_place = | allegiance = Australia | branch = Australian Army | service_years = 1946–1984 | rank = Major General | unit = | commands = Training Command (1982–84)<br/>1st Task Force ({{circa}} 1977–79)<br/>Officer Cadet School, Portsea (1972–74)<br/>6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1968–70) | battles = {{tree list}} * Korean War ** Battle of Yongju ** Battle of Kujin ** Battle of Chongju * Vietnam War {{tree list/end}} | awards = Officer of the Order of Australia<br/>Distinguished Service Order<br/>Silver Star (United States) | relations = | other_work = }} Major General '''David Matheson Butler''', {{postnominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|AO|DSO}} (3 September 1928 – 24 November 2020)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chitham|first=Ted|date=2020-11-29|title=Vale: Major General David Butler AO DSO|url=https://rarnational.org.au/vale-major-general-david-butler-ao-dso/|access-date=2020-12-06|website=Royal Australian Regiment Association|language=en-AU}}</ref> was senior officer of the Australian Army. He saw service during the Korean War with the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, and later as the commanding officer of 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment during the Vietnam War.<ref name="awm.gov.au">{{cite web |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11344vietnam.asp |title=6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment – Vietnam |accessdate=2009-08-26 |year=2009}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120902075711/http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/F04851/ Interview with Major General David Butler AO, DSO], by Major Ian Cruickshank, 9 September 1993, awm.gov.au
{{DEFAULTSORT:Butler, David}} Category:1928 births Category:2020 deaths Category:Military personnel from Perth, Western Australia Category:Australian generals Category:Australian military personnel of the Korean War Category:Australian military personnel of the Vietnam War Category:Australian Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Category:Officers of the Order of Australia Category:Foreign recipients of the Silver Star