SUTTON, Dockray
Service Numbers: | N105445, NX78227 , NX78227 |
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Enlisted: | 7 March 1941 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2/1 Hospital Ship |
Born: | Darwen, England, 14 January 1892 |
Home Town: | Narrabeen, Warringah, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farm Hand |
Died: | Narabeen, New South Wales, Australia, 10 August 1943, aged 51 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
7 Mar 1941: | Involvement Private, N105445 | |
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7 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Paddington, NSW | |
7 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N105445 | |
12 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX78227 , 2/1 Hospital Ship, Doc Sutton signed up twice. First time being rejected when his true age was found out. He re-enlisted in December 41 by changing his birthday to 1903. He was on the AHS Manunda when it was bombed by the Japanese in Darwin. | |
18 May 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX78227, 2/1 Hospital Ship |
Service history
The details in his Service History are not quite correct. This reflects his first attempt at joining the Army in WW2, he had a second go at it in Dec 41 by changing his date of birth to 1903 and was successful in being enlisted into the army with a different service number NX78227. He was taken on staff on the Hospital Ship Manunda, he was on this ship when it was bombed by the Japanese in 1942. He was later discharged in May 1942 suffering with what is now known as PTS Injury from his experiencesin WW1 and the Manunda incident. He was repatriated to Randwick Military Hospital where he passed away in 1943.
Submitted 4 March 2022 by Wes Davidson