Norman George PEUT

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PEUT, Norman George

Service Number:	7763
Enlisted:	16 November 1917
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Normanton, Queensland, Australia, February 1887
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	“New growth. Malignant left bronchus”, Military Hospital, Sutton Veny, United Kingdom, 9 March 1918
Cemetery:	Sutton Veny (St. John) Churchyard, Wiltshire, England Sutton Veny (St John) Churchyard (Plot 326, Row D, Grave No. 16), Wiltshire, England, Sutton Veny (St John) Churchyard, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

16 Nov 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7763, 2nd Infantry Battalion
19 Dec 1917:	Involvement Private, 7763, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
19 Dec 1917:	Embarked Private, 7763, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK

Died on this date - 9th March........Private Norman George Peut was born at Normanton, North Queensland in 1888. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 16th November, 1917 as a 29 year old, single, Labourer from Sydney, NSW.

Private Peut travelled on the same ships & route as Private Flakelar (above) - travelled from Australia on HMAT Ulysses (A38) to Suez. He then travelled to Port Said, entraining through Italy & France then on to England on HMT Antrim.

Private Peut was posted to 1st Training Battalion at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire on 13th February, 1918. He was sent sick to Sutton Veny Hospital with Influenza on 3rd March, 1918 & admitted to the Military Hospital at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire on 4th March, 1918.
Private Norman George Peut died on 9th March, 1918 at the Military Hospital, Sutton Veny of “New growth. Malignant left bronchus”.

Also buried on this day at Sutton Veny: Private Patrick Flakelar, 2nd Bn

BOTH SOLDIERS WERE BURIED ON 13th September, 1918 in St. John the Evangelist Churchyard at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England where 139 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried as well as 2 Australian Nurses.
Their fulll stories can be found here
Private Flakelar - https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/f---j.html
Private Peut - https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/n---q.html

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