Ben Percy Clement HUTTON

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HUTTON, Ben Percy Clement

Service Number:	7069
Enlisted:	21 August 1917, Toowoomba, Queensland
Last Rank:	Staff Sergeant
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Comet, Queensland, Australia, 16 January 1882
Home Town:	Helidon, Lockyer Valley, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Natural causes, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 1 October 1952, aged 70 years
Cemetery:	Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland Sect. CE 4A, Row 1, Grave No. 52
Memorials:	Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1

World War 1 Service

21 Aug 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7069, Toowoomba, Queensland
16 Nov 1917:	Involvement Private, 7069, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Canberra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
16 Nov 1917:	Embarked Private, 7069, 25th Infantry Battalion, SS Canberra, Sydney
3 Jun 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion
19 Jun 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 49th Infantry Battalion
30 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 7069, 49th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Paul Trevor

'HUTTON, Ben Percy Clement. Staff Sergeant, No. 7069, 25th and 24th Battalions. Born at Cometville in 1882. Third son of the late Mr. Benjamin and Mrs. Edith Hutton, of "Glen Hutton," Helidon. He was educated by private study. On 30th December, 1922, he was married to Miss Wootton. Enlisted on 21st August and embarked on 15th November, 1917, for Egypt, where he went into hospital. Upon recovery, was drafted to England through France. He then went to France to the front line of trenches, where he remained till the signing of the Armistice. Invalided to England seriously ill, and on recovery, sent to Sutton Veny, Wilts., to recuperate. He was then detailed for special duty at Portland Fortress. Then took up a course of instruction on cattle and general stock breeding on the General Staff, and received a certificate from Brigadier-General W. Ramsay McNicoll, Director of Education of A.I.F., as a good practical instructor. Arrived in Australia on 30th October, 1919, per M.H.A.T. "Raranga," and has resumed his former pursuit as grazier.' from Queenslanders Who Fought in the Great War (nla.gov.au)

'COUNTRY VOLUNTEERS.

TOOWOOMBA, August 22.
Messrs. Ben Percy Clement Hutton (Helidon) and John Sebastian Harper (Cabarlah) were accepted at tho Toowoomba recruiting office to-day.' from The Brisbane Courier 23 Aug 1917 (nla.gov.au)

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