CUTLER, Roy Victor
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 26 August 1914, 7th Field Company Army Engineers |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | 1st Division Engineers |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1 November 1892 |
| Home Town: | Elsternwick, Glen Eira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Architect |
| Died: | Natural causes, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England, 21 February 1986, aged 93 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 26 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 2nd Field Company Engineers, 7th Field Company Army Engineers | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked 2nd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne | |
| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement 2nd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Feb 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Field Company Engineers | |
| 26 Jul 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 5th Field Company Engineers | |
| 27 Jul 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Field Company Engineers | |
| 5 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Major, 4th Field Company Engineers, In Command | |
| 21 Sep 1916: | Honoured Military Cross, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Operations at Russell's Top, 10/11/1915. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, 21 September 1916 on page 2622 at position 21 | |
| 30 Nov 1916: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 176 (30 November 1916). | |
| 23 Jul 1919: | Honoured Member of the Order of the British Empire, Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 23 July 1919 on page 1172 at position 9 | |
| 28 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Major, 1st Division Engineers , 2nd MD |
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AWM Summary
Second Lieutenant (Lt) Roy Victor "Butcher" Cutler, 2nd Field Company Engineers, of Elsternwick, Vic. An architect prior to enlistment on 26 August 1914, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Orvieto on 21 October 1914. On February 1915 he was promoted to lieutenant and captain on 26 July 1915. He was promoted to the rank of major on 5 March 1916 with the 4th Field Company Engineers. For his devotion to duty and conspicuous courage in laying tunnel charges against Turkish barricades at Russells Top, Anzac Cove in November 1915, Captain Cutler was awarded the Military Cross which was gazetted on 21 September 1916. Major (Maj) Cutler commanded the 4th Field Company Engineers during 1916 - 1917 and 2nd Field Company Engineers in 1918 to 1919. Maj Cutler became a Member of the Order of the British Empire on 23 July 1919. He returned to Australia with 1st Division Engineers on 4 March 1919. He was later commissioned into the Indian Army. This is one of a series of images from the collection of 22 Driver (Dvr) George Ewings Pentland, 2nd Field Company Engineers, of Traralgon, Vic. Pentland enlisted on 31 August 1914 as a driver with 2nd Field Company Engineers, and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Orvieto on 21 October 1914. Pentland served at Gallipoli and later in France where he was promoted to sergeant. On 26 August 1916 he was awarded the Bronze Medal for Military Valour (Italy) at Pozieres. In April 1917 he was transferred to the 4th Australian Pioneers as a lieutenant and in June 1917 was awarded the Military Cross for his actions at Messines. He returned to Australia on 4 January 1919.
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