Lawrence Henry CUTTS

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CUTTS, Lawrence Henry

Service Number:	1029
Enlisted:	14 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Goodwood, South Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Goodwood, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Goodwood Public School
Occupation:	Boot Finisher
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goodwood Public School WW1 Roll of Honor, Goodwood St George Anglican Church Memorial Tower, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Museum Honour Board, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

14 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Morphettville, South Australia
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1029, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
20 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1029, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMT Commodore from Alexandria to Dardanelles
19 Jul 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)

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Biography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School

Lawrence Henry Cutts was born in South Australia, 1895. He grew up in Unley and lived with his parents, Charles Edward Cutts and Florence Edith Cutts and his older brother Ernest Lionel Shaw Cutts. He worked as a boot finisher before enlisting in the A.I.F at the age of 18 years and 11 months. He enlisted on the 14th of September 1914, he was apart of the 16th Infantry Battalion. His rank being Lance Corporal.

On 4 August in 1914 Great Britain declared war on Germany. Many Australians were rushed to Melbourne, one of them being Cutts. During this time the 4th Brigade was being formed. In December Cutts embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Ceramic, 22 December 1914 and made it to Alexandria, Egypt in Feburary. Cutts and the 4th Brigades later made it to Gallipoli where they fought in the Gallipoli battle.

During the Gallipoli battle, Cutts was reported as missing on 8 August 1915, however, later enquiries confirmed that he was 'killed in action' the day he went missing, two months prior to his 20th birthday

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