Albert SUTTON

SUTTON, Albert

Service Number: 28983
Enlisted: 7 June 1916
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 4th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Raymond Terrace, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
Home Town: Bulahdelah, Great Lakes, New South Wales
Schooling: Bullahdelah Public School
Occupation: Blacksmith
Died: Died of wounds, Belgium, 19 October 1917
Cemetery: Menin Road South Military Cemetery
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Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

7 Jun 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 28983, 4th Division Heavy and Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF
17 Oct 1916: Involvement Gunner, 28983, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
17 Oct 1916: Embarked Gunner, 28983, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Borda, Sydney
19 Oct 1917: Involvement Driver, 28983, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 28983 awm_unit: 4th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1917-10-19

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Biography contributed by Peter Rankin

Son of Frederick George and Elizabeth Ann Sutton; husband of G. E. Sutton, of Bulahdelah, New South Wales.

Albert suffered severe shrapnel wounds to his legs, and died in a field hospital of his wounds. He had a wife and one child.