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John SUTHERLAND

Regimental number1782
Place of birthTaradale, Victoria
SchoolTaradale State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Address81 Hornsby Street, Windsor, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation36
Next of kinMother, Mrs Clementine Sutherland, 81 Hornsby Street, Windsor, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date21 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 16 July 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 28 July 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death39
Age at death from cemetery records39
Place of burialPozieres British Cemetery (Plot I, Row F, Grave No. I), Ovillers La-Boisselle, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
100
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Clemintine SUTHERLAND; husband of Mary SUTHERLAND, 197 Hoddle Street, Abbotsford, Victoria. Native of Melbourne, Victoria

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