CUTHBERT, Albert Edwin
| Service Number: | 842 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hyson Green, Nottinghamshire., 16 February 1883 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Engineer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 22 August 1915, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial at Panel 61. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Chullora Strathfield Station Services Staff Pictorial Honour Roll, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 842, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 842, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Albert Edwin CUTHBERT, (Service Number 842) was born on 16 Feb 1883 at Nottingham, UK. He began working for the Railways in the Traffic Branch as a porter in 1912 in the Metropolitan District and maintained that position until 19 March 1915 when he was granted leave to join the Expeditionary Forces. Although working as a humble porter, on his enlistment papers Cuthbert described his calling as ‘Railway Engineer’.
He left Australia on HMAT ‘Ceramic’ on 25 June 1915.
Submitted 9 June 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Mar 1883 CUTHBERT Albert Edwin Nottingham
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He was the son of George and Annie Maria Cuthbert. 18 Owthorpe Grove, Sherwood, Nottinghamshire.
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Albert Edwin CUTHBERT, (Service Number 842) was born on 16th Feb 1883 at Nottingham, UK. He began working for the Railways in the Traffic Branch as a porter in 1912 in the Metropolitan District and maintained that position until 19th March 1915 when he was granted leave to join the Expeditionary Forces. Although working as a humble porter, on his enlistment papers Cuthbert described his occupation as ‘Railway Engineer’.
He left Australia on HMAT ‘Ceramic’ on 25th June 1915. He was listed as wounded at Gallipoli on 28th August 1915, but no further information about his fate was known. Another soldier did report that Cuthbert had been wounded in the charge against Hill 60. This soldier said that had been evacuated to a hospital in England, but the truth of this testimony was doubted. Other soldiers reported that they had seen him fall.
A Court of Enquiry held at Fricourt, France in April 1917, that is nearly two years later, also arrived at no verdict. It was not until a second Enquiry, at Rouen, France, on 5th September 1917 that a decision was made that Cuthbert had indeed been killed in action two years before. This verdict was confirmed by Lt-Gen W R Birdwood.
Since even the confirmation of his death had taken so long, there was and is clearly no body or grave. Cuthbert is commemorated on the memorial at Lone Pine.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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