SUTHERLAND, Geoffrey Watson
| Service Number: | 2326 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 December 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Kyneton, Vic., 7 December 1893 |
| Home Town: | Kyneton, Macedon Ranges, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Kyneton State School, Kyenton College |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | 31 October 1982, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Lismore Memorial Gardens (Cemetery & Crematorium - Goonellabah) Area 2 Bed 4 |
| Memorials: | Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, Kyneton Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2326, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 2 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 2326, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Uganda embarkation_ship_number: A66 public_note: '' | |
| 2 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 2326, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Uganda, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
GEOFFREY WATSON SUTHERLAND was born on 7th December, 1893, at Kyneton, Victoria, the son of Mr. Thomas Watson Sutherland and Mrs. Alice Boyett Sutherland. He received his education at the State School, Kyneton, and Kyneton College, and joined the service of the Bank at Kyneton on 21st November, 1911. From there he was transferred to Bendigo on 21st August, 1913; thence to Inglewood (Victoria) on 3rd December, 1913, from which branch he went to Echuca, as ledger-keeper, on 28th August, 1914.
Geoffrey Watson Sutherland enlisted as a trooper in the A.I.F. on 28th December, 1915, and subsequently joined up with the A Squadron, 8th Light Horse, in Egypt, where he served with his regiment, also in Sinai and Palestine until June, 1919. He was promoted to corporal in December, 1917, and to sergeant in the following June. At El Burg, Palestine, he was wounded in December, 1917, rejoining his regiment after some months in hospital. He returned to Australia in November, 1919.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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