CUTHBERT, Niven
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydenham, London, England, 23 August 1894 |
| Home Town: | Lindfield, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Fort Street Boys High School |
| Occupation: | Analytical Chemist |
| Died: | Shell wounds to right leg, right and left arms and abdomen, 2/2nd London Casualty Clearing Station, Meaulte, France, 2 November 1916, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte I. B. 21. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Homebush & District Honor Board, Lindfield St David's Uniting Church WW1 Memorial Windows, Lindfield St. David's Uniting Church Roll of Honour, Mackay Old Town Hall Honour Roll, Petersham Fort Street High School Great War Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 Oct 1915: | Involvement Lieutenant, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Oct 1915: | Embarked Lieutenant, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Sydney | |
| 21 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 31 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, Shell wounds right leg,right arm,left arm and abdomen (severe). | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 2nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of John and Mary Cuthbert, of "Elderslie," Nelson Rd., Lindfield, New South Wales.
THE BELOVED SON OF CAPTAIN CUTHBERT LINDFIELD, N.S.W. AGED 22
LIEUT. NIVEN CUTHBERT, second son of Captain John Cuthbert, of the Sydney Marine Underwriters’ Association, died in France on November 7, of wounds received in the Somme battle on October ,30. He was born in London 22 years ago, and was educated dt F'ort Street. Prior to the war he held a commission in the 26th Infantry, and after a period of training at Liverpool and Duntroon College he left Australia as O.C. 10th Reinforcements, 2nd Battalion, in October, 1915. He arrived in France in March last, was gazetted first lieutenant in April, and was one of the first to go over the parapet in the taking of Pozieres in July last. In civil life Lieut. Cuthbert was on the staff of the Colonial Sugar Company, stationed at Mackay, Queensland, when war broke out. His brother, Mr. J. R. Cuthbert, is engineer on a transport in the Mediterranean; the other. Lieutenant Noel M. Cuthbert, is on the Western front. All three are old boys of Fort Street.
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