FERRIER, Sutton Henry
| Service Number: | 176 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 December 1914, Enlisted at Guildford, WA |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Coleraine, Victoria, Australia, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Guildford, Swan, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Caraport, Casterton and Portland State Schools, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Contractor |
| Died: | Gangrene from bomb wounds to the shoulder and arm, At sea on board HS Devanha , Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 9 September 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at sea , Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Carapook State School Roll of Honour, Casterton War Memorial, Echuca St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Great War Roll of Honor, Echuca War Memorial, Kings Park 10th Light Horse Regiment Memorial WA, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Onslow Ashburton District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 176, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Guildford, WA | |
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| 8 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 176, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 176, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Fremantle | |
| 9 Jul 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 10th Light Horse Regiment, In the field | |
| 16 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 10th Light Horse Regiment, In the field | |
| 29 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 176, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Died at sea of bomb wounds to the right shoulder and invalided out the same day | |
| 9 Sep 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 176, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 176 awm_unit: 10 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-09-09 | |
| 4 Dec 2020: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 176, 10th Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Medal For Gallantry Commonwealth of Australia Gazette C2020G00981 under Gallantry & Distinguished Awards |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
May have lowered his age at the time of enlistment as his birth was registered in 1877
Son of John Ferrier and Alicia Jane (nee Hanlon) Ferrier of Portland, Victoria
Brother of James William Hanlon Ferrier, John Middlemas Ferrier, Peter David Ferrier, Elizabeth Maria Beatrice Ferrier, Alicia Jane Ferrier, Oliver Douglas Ferrier, Wilhelmina Esther Ferrier, Mary Middlemas Ferrier, Ivy Adrian Hope Ferrier and Roy Anthoy Decimal Ferrier
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From gilly100 of the Great War Forum
Medal for Gallantry awarded to 176 Cpl SH Ferrier 10th Light Horse Regiment AIF for Hill 60 Gallipoli action
On Friday 4 December 2020 in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette C2020G00981 under Gallantry & Distinguished Awards, No.176 Cpl Sutton Henry Ferrier was awarded the Medal for Gallantry, some 105 years after his participation in the battle for Hill 60 Gallipoli in August 1915.
"For acts of gallantry in action in hazardous circumstances during an assault by 10th Light Horse Regiment on Hill 60 at Gallipoli, Turkey, on 29 August 1915."
Fantastic news for the Ferrier family on this belated recognition. The presentation will be made at a later date. Great work by all those who lobbied for this worthy recognition. Ferrier was at the forefront of the fighting with his officer Hugo Throssell VC, and while there was the VC, four DCM's and 14 mentions in despatches conferred on 10th Light Horse members for this fighting, Ferrier was overlooked. He lost an arm and subsequently died of his wounds on a hospital ship over a week later and was buried at sea. More to come on this in due course.
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