Claude Albert SUTCH

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Service Number:	3258
Enlisted:	13 July 1915, 7th Reinforcements
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 27 March 1890
Home Town:	Northcote, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	Burnley State School No.2853, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Council employee/overseer road construction
Died:	Wounds, 9th Australian General Hospital, Rouen, France, 1 August 1916, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Grave Reference B.29.25
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

13 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3258, 24th Infantry Battalion, 7th Reinforcements
26 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3258, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
26 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3258, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
24 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion, "A" Company, stationed at Zeitoun, Egypt
19 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion, "A" Company
25 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 3258, 8th Infantry Battalion, Sailed from Alexandria, Egypt per HMT Megantic. Disembarked Marseilles, France 31 March, 1916.
26 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 3258, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Gun shot wound, thigh. Transferred to 9th Australian General Hospital, Rouen 1 August, 1916, where he died that same day.
1 Aug 1916:	Involvement Corporal, 3258, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3258 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-01

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