David Marshall HUTTON

Regimental number2065
Place of birthScotland
SchoolPublic School, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia18
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressNeath, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jessie Hutton, Neath, New South Wales
Enlistment date4 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name30th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 16 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll30th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 28 August 1918
Place of death or woundingProyart, near Peronne, France
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot VI, Row E, Grave No. 15), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
117
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: David Marshall and Jessie Annan HUTTON, Gallagher Street, Cessnock, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of deathPumpherston, Mid Calder, Scotland