PAVY, Hutton Lindsay
| Service Number: | 4577 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 July 1916, Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Port Germein, South Australia, 4 May 1894 |
| Home Town: | Lameroo, Southern Mallee, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Wilmington & Jamestown Public Schools |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Villers Bretonneux, France, 2 June 1918, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
La Motte-Brebiere Communal Cemetery Location: West Side, La Motte-Brebiere Communal Cemetery, La Motte-Brebiere, Amiens, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lameroo Memorial Window |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4577, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Adelaide | |
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| 16 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 4577, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 4577, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide | |
| 16 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 23rd Machine Gun Company | |
| 2 Jun 1918: | Involvement Private, 4577, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4577 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-06-02 |
Gunner Hutton L Pavy
Trove: Australian Christian Commonwealth (SA : 1901 - 1940), Friday 18 October 1918, page 14
GUNNER HUTTON L. PAVY.
Gunner Hutton L. Pavy, who was killed in action at Villers Britonneux, on the Somme, in France, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Pavy, of Clanfield.
He was born at Port Germein in 1894, removing subsequently with his parents to Wilmington, Jamestown, and eventually Clanfield, whence he enlisted.
From his earliest years he closely associated himself with the cause of Methodism. He was an earnest Church worker, and although somewhat retiring was full of enthusiasm for any good cause with which he became associated. Hutton Pavy belonged to the band of keen, enquiring, devoted spirits to whom the quest of truth was always, more than a mere intellectual pursuit.
Letters received from those associated with him at the front testify to the same manly, chivalrous bearing which distinguished him in the homeland as a man among men, and which in more ways than one enriched the fellowship of our Church.
Of him his C.O., Captain Whitehead, writes:— "Your son joined my company, in England on August 16, 1917, and , with the exception of six weeks spent in hospital suffering from trench feet, he has been with us ever since. He went through Ypres, and was at Ploigstart, Armentieres, and then here on the Somme. During all that time his conduct has been beyond praise.
He was a general favourite, both with his section officers and the men, who cannot speak too highly of him."
One of his chums, Corporal Jerome, says of him:—"Hutton was highly valued by all who knew him, and it is good to know that he died as he lived —a clean, spirited Australian soldier."
Another, Private Taylor, adds:— "Hutton was indeed a very popular comrade amongst both officers, N.C.O.'s, and men, and I assure you his presence will be sadly missed."
He will be still more missed, especially by our Church, after the war, when the work of reconstruction is begun. Yet with proud and grateful, if with heavier, hearts, we, too, must "still push on" in the work God has given us to do.
Submitted 21 May 2022 by Brian East
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Hutton Lindsay PAVY was born on 4th May, 1894 at Port Germein, South Australia
His parents were Ernest Albert Aldinga PAVY and Selina Lankow (Lena) MARTENS who married on 25th April, 1893 in Port Germein, SA
He enlisted in Adelaide on 31st July, 1916 and embarked with the 32nd Infantry Battalion, 12 reinforcements on the HMAT Berrima from Adelaide on 16th December, 1916
Hutton was Killed in Action at Villers Bretonneux, France on 2nd June 1918 and is buried in La Motte Brebiere Communal Cemetery
Inscription on his headstone reads:
'IN MEMORY OF OUR LOVED SON,
OUR EARTLY LOSS , HIS HEAVENLY GAIN"
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & also at the Lameroo Cemetery in South Australia - he was awarded the British War Medal & the Victory Medal
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Trove - Chronicle Adelaide 4th June 1921, page 29
IN MEMORIAM
PAVY - In loving memory of our dear only son & brother, Hutton Lindsay, who was killed in France, June 2, 1918
"Farewell dear Hutton, dear, farewell - thy eartly race is run
Thought crushed with grief we will strive to say
Oh God, thy will be done -
Though sadness has filled our hearts,with woe and bitter pain
We wil murmer not, for well we know our loss is thy great gain"
Inserted by his sorrowing parents and sisters
PAVY - In loving memory our dear nephew, Hutton, killed in France June 2,
"He who gives his life, gives unto God his best"
Inserted by his loving Uncle & Aunt P & M Ness, Port Augusta
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