SUTHERLAND, Walter Gordon
| Service Number: | 3081 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 March 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Cooks Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 12 April 1900 |
| Home Town: | Mayfield, Waratah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | engineer (Walsh Island Government Dockyard, Newcastle, N.S.W.) |
| Died: | Mayfield, New South Wales, Australia, 22 August 1941, aged 41 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW PRESBYTERIAN-16NE. 46. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3081, Camel Corps | |
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| 9 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 3081, Camel Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 9 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 3081, Camel Corps, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney | |
| 28 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3081, 14th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
82 years ago today, on the Sunday afternoon of the 24th August 1941, Private Walter Gordon Sutherland, 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Reg No-3081), engineer (Walsh Island Government Dockyard, Newcastle, N.S.W.), from Nile Street, Mayfield, New South Wales and 98 Elizabeth Street, Mayfield, N.S.W., father of one (Hazel), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 41. PRESBYTERIAN-16NE. 46.
Born at Cooks Hill, New South Wales on the 12th April 1900 to John and Ellen Sutherland; husband of May J L Sutherland nee Kelly (married 1922, Wickham, N.S.W., died 1977?), Walter enlisted on the 8th March 1917 with the April 1917 Reinforcements at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A15 Port Sydney on the 9th May 1917.
Admitted to hospital 9.12.1917 (malaria), 14.8.1918 (discharge right ear), 9.2.1919 (measles).
Walter returned home on the 28th August 1919, being discharged on the 28th September 1919.
Nothing located on Trove regarding enlistment, returning home, etc.
Mr. Sutherland’s name has been inscribed on the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Newcastle) Roll of Honour and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance. Note - inscribed with incorrect Reg No. 3086.
Officially commemorated – https://connect.dva.gov.au/commemsoawg/commemoration/viewCommemoration.html?commemorationId=NTE5NDQy#
I have placed poppies at Walter’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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