In Memory of
KENNETH ARTHUR BUTTON
Signalman
1778
H.M.S. Neptune, Royal New Zealand Naval Vol Reserve
who died on
Friday, 19th December 1941. Age 23.
Additional Information: Son of Arthur Hadley and Gertrude Button, of Avondale, Auckland.
Commemorative Information
Memorial: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, New Zealand
Grave Reference/
Panel Number: Panel 12.
Location: The Royal New Zealand Naval Memorial stands at the Devonport Naval Base, H.M.N.Z.S. Philomel, within sight of the main gates and in front of the chapel of St. Christopher. The memorial commemorates over 300 officers and men of the Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal New Zealand Naval Reserve and the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve who died in all parts of the world during the 1939-1945 War and who have no known grave; the greater part lost their lives at sea, but some died in captivity at the hands of the Japanese. Nearly half of those commemorated went down with H.M.S. Neptune in 1941. The memorial takes the form of a long, slightly curved wall, bearing the names of the war dead on twelve bronze panels arranged in three groups. Above the names is the following inscription: ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY THOSE WHOSE NAME ARE HONOURED HERE DIED SERVING THEIR COUNTRY AND THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM AND HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE and underneath the names are the dates 1939 - 1945. A wing at one end of the memorial carries two mosaics, depicting, on the inner side, the kneeling figure of Christ calming the waves with the words 'Peace Be Still', and on the outer side a naval anchor with its chain round the bar of a Cross, and a crown. A bronze wreath hangs on the back of the Memorial.
Record of Commemoration:
In Memory of
Signalman KENNETH ARTHUR BUTTON
H.M.S. Neptune, Royal New Zealand Naval Vol Reserve
who died aged 23 on Friday, 19th December 1941.
Signalman BUTTON was the son of Arthur Hadley and Gertrude Button, of Avondale, Auckland.
Remembered with honour NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, New Zealand.
In the perpetual care of
the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Taken from http://yard.ccta.gov.uk/cwgc/register.nsf/wwwcreateservicedetails?openagent&2563852
