SUTTLING, Edward Ernest
| Service Number: | 7138 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Essex, United Kingdom, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 13 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille Grave: II. B. 36., Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France, Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Daours, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Dec 1917: | Involvement Private, 7138, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Dec 1917: | Embarked Private, 7138, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney |
Help us honour Edward Ernest Suttling's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Mrs Thake of the Garrison, Purfleet was notified that her brother had died of wounds received in action. He sustained Machine Gun bullet wounds to the left thigh on 8th August which required amputation of his leg..He was 22 and had enlisted 10th August 1917. He had been a fireman on various ships.His death was reported in the Grays and Tilbury Gazette issue of 24 August 1918
Births Dec 1896 Suttling Ernest Edward Orsett 4a 491
He is commemorated on the St Clement’s Church War Memorial in West Thurrock.Also on that memorial is Sapper A. Lighten of the 15th Field Coy. Australian Engineers, another local man who had emigrated to Australia.
Click images to start slideshow.