SUTTOR, Henry Edward
| Service Number: | 218006 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 November 1967 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
| Born: | Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, 13 April 1943 |
| Home Town: | Orange, Orange Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, South Vietnam, 16 November 1969, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Canobolas Orange Crematorium, NSW Cremated, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Orange "Fallen of Orange" Memorial Banners, Orange Cenotaph, Orange Post WW2 Honour Board, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour |
Vietnam War Service
| 15 Nov 1967: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 218006 | |
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| 3 Feb 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 218006 | |
| 3 Feb 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, 218006, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) | |
| 16 Nov 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 218006, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"218006 Lance Corporal (Temporary Corporal) 'Eyes' Suttor, 5th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, Age 26 from Mudgee NSW. He enlisted as a regular soldier on 15th November 1967. On the morning of the 16th November 1969, Henry Suttor's platoon were advancing on a bunker system when at 0730hrs his section made contact with the VC. 'Eyes' was metres from the forward bunker when he called out that he was going to 'grenade it'. As Corporal Suttor raised himself to throw the grenade he was hit by two rounds of enemy fire. He dropped the grenade, and the grenade exploded killing him instantly." - SOURCE (www.findagrave.com)
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