William James HUTCHISON

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HUTCHISON, William James

Service Number:	711
Enlisted:	25 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Peterhead, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1880
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Peterhead Academy, Scotland
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Typhoid, Shezireh Egypt, 20 June 1915
Cemetery:	Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Row B, Grave 300 Chaplain S. Kennedy officiated, Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

25 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 711, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 711, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 711, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
22 May 1915:	Involvement ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

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

Also served with the Gordon Higlanders for over 3 years

Occupation prior to coming to Australia he was working as a Draper

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 38 and the son of William and Anne Hutchison, of 27, Cairntrodlie, Peterhead, Scotland.

He is commemorated on the Peterhead War Memorial; one of six Australian Great War casualties remembered there.

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