SUTTON, William Brooks
| Service Number: | 1143 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 April 1915, An original member of D Company, 26th Bn. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 15 January 1888 |
| Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Collector |
| Died: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 24 December 1945, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1143, 26th Infantry Battalion, An original member of D Company, 26th Bn. | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1143, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1143, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane | |
| 2 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
William Brooks Sutton of Launceston, Tasmania served on Gallipoli with the 26th Battalion from September 1915. He was evacuated fairly sick with stomach problems about 7 weeks later. During the expanding of the AIF in 1916 he transferred to the 52nd Battalion.
William was part of a group of thirteen men of the 52nd Battalion who were all recommended for a bravery award, for the following deed. On 14 August 1916, “Some wounded men, having been left out in front of the firing line near the Farm de Mouquet, a party under Lieutenant Ralph Anderson volunteered to go out from Albert, a distance of 8 kilometres, and try and bring them in. This they did, having to make their way for a very long distance over ground and through saps that were being shelled heavily by the enemy; with much trouble in the darkness, they located the men in No Mans Land, near the enemy trenches, and brought them back to safety over ground that was being swept by our own guns and over the ground being bombarded by the enemy.”
He was awarded a Congratulatory Card from the CO of the 4th Division, Major General H.V. Cox.
He was severely wounded on 27 March 1917, a compound fracture of the skull, and evacuated to England. He spent several months recovering and was sent home to Australia due to his wound during August 1917.
He married in 1924, in Launceston, Tasmania, and raised two daughters. He passed away in 1945 at the age of 58.
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