HUTTON, Reginald Alex
| Service Number: | 545 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, Morphettville, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Knightsbridge, South Australia, 28 September 1893 |
| Home Town: | Kilburn (Formerly Chicago), Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Wellington Road School, North Norwood |
| Occupation: | Dairyman |
| Died: | Died of Wounds (received in action at Gallipoli), "At Sea" aboard H.S. Soudan, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 20 May 1915, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 545, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Morphettville, South Australia | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 545, Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Medic, Adelaide | |
| 22 Feb 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Light Horse Regiment | |
| 19 May 1915: | Wounded Private, 545, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Reginald was seriously injured (gun fire) on the 19th of May 1915. He died the following day (20/5/1915) due to these gunshot wounds to his head. |
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Reginald Alexander Hutton was born on 28 September 1893 to Walter and Margaret Hutton at Knightsbridge, South Australia. The children in the family were Myra Blanche (1887), Walter Vivian (1890), Arthur Sydney (1891), Reginald Alexander (1893), Ella Madge (1895), Kendall Cameron (1897) and Olive Bertina (1899).
Reg went to school at Wellington Road School in North Norwood.
On 19 August 1914, Reg enlisted in the army and records show that he was a 20 year old dairyman resident at Chicago (now Kilburn), South Australia. He was assigned as a Driver in the 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column.
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