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Richard Sutton DONE

Regimental number3160
Place of birthClermont, Queensland
SchoolMackay State School, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStockman
AddressCharters Towers, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jane Smith, Sadd's Lane, Charters Towers, Queensland
Enlistment date11 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll1 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name49th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/66/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 9 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll49th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 23 April 1918
Place of death or woundingAmiens, France
Age at death34
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot XXIX, Row M, Grave No. 1A), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
148
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas Fenna and jane DONE, Sadd Lane, Charters Towers, Queensland. Native of Clermont, Queensland
Family/military connectionsBrother-in-law to James McCabe wounded at Pozieres and died of Influenza at Dartford Hospital England.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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