Lancelot York GUTTERIDGE

GUTTERIDGE, Lancelot York

Service Number: 1973
Enlisted: 12 September 1914, Pontville, Tasmania
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Perth, Western Australia, 1896
Home Town: Wynyard, Waratah/Wynyard, Tasmania
Schooling: Church Grammar School, Launceston, Tasmania
Occupation: Draper
Died: Killed in Action, France, 4 February 1917
Cemetery: Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Picardie
Plot X11, Row H, Grave 6
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Launceston Church Grammar School WW1 Honour Board
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World War 1 Service

12 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 1973, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Pontville, Tasmania
17 Sep 1914: Involvement Driver, 1973, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
17 Sep 1914: Embarked Driver, 1973, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Geelong, Melbourne
3 Mar 1916: Promoted Gunner, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , At Tel-el-Kebir
4 Feb 1917: Involvement Gunner, 1973, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1973 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-02-04

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Biography contributed

Lancelot York GUTTERIDGE was born in Perth in Western Australia in 1896

His parents were Richard GUTTERIDGE & Esther Drusilla YORK who married in 1890 - Esther died on 22nd November, 1906 aged 36 years & Richard remarried to Amy Blanche ALLEN in 1908 - he died on 2nd December, 1940 in Tasmania

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Richard and Esther Gutteridge of Wynyard, Tasmania

7 December 1915 - to hospital with Jaundice

Medals: 1914-15 Star,  British War Medal, Victory Medal