SUTHERLAND, John Donald
| Service Number: | 558 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gilberton, South Australia , 16 June 1884 |
| Home Town: | Gilberton, Walkerville, South Australia |
| Schooling: | East Adelaide Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Electrician |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide Scots Church WW1 Honour Board, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gilberton Soldiers Memorial Swimming Reserve |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Aug 1914: | Enlisted | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 558, 10th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 558, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Nicholas Egan
Margaret Phillips
Club Historian Gilberton Amateur Swimming Club Inc
He trained in Egypt and took part in the landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. After four months fighting he was wounded and hospitalised in Malta for four months. On 3 February 1916 he rejoined his battalion in Egypt and went to France in early April, where he fought for over six months. After the battles of Pozieres he was invalided to England with trench eczema. He was kept in England on staff work for several months and rejoined his battalion on 21 July 1916. He was engaged in heavy fighting near Zillebeke throughout September when he received a gun shot wound and compound fracture of his right thigh. He was evacuated to the 3 rd Canadian Clearing Hospital but at 10am on 4 October 1917 succumb to his injuries. The Advertiser 26/10/1917 p8.
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