John Briggs SUTTON

SUTTON, John Briggs

    Service Number: 995
    Enlisted: 31 December 1914, Enlisted at Bundaberg, QLD
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 25th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Darwen, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, 1890
    Home Town: Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland
    Schooling: St James, Darwen, Lancashire, England
    Occupation: Station Hand
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 November 1915
    Cemetery: Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli.Turkey
    Special Memorial, Row D, Grave 38 Chaplain W.C. Smith officiated Headstone inscription reads: Dear Jack you will be missed as long as memory lasts, Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    31 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 995, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bundaberg, QLD
    29 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 995, 25th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
    29 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 995, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Arrived in Australia aged 20 years

    Son of Charles Twentyman Sutton and Jane Sutton of 4 Graham Street, Auckland, NZ, later of Blacktown, NSW. Brother of William Sutton who returned to Australia on 28 March 1919 having served with the 26th Battalion, Dockarg Sutton and Clement Sutton

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

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