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SUTTON, James Duncan
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 569, 1814 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant Major |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
| Born: | Brushgrove, New South Wales, Australia, 1878 |
| Home Town: | Casino, Richmond Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dairyman |
| Died: | Heart failure following an operation for appendicitis, St Vincents Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 3 February 1903 |
| Cemetery: |
Tucki Tucki Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Presbyterian Sec 4 Pos 5 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Corporal, 569, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Warrant Officer II, 1814, 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse | |
| 21 Mar 1901: | Embarked 569, James Sutton, Service No 569, of the 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles Regiment, E Squadron, Embarked with regimental staff and squadrons A,E and C on the transport ship “S S British Princess” on the 21st March 1901. The ship arrived at Durbin 17 April 1901 … The S S British Princess had 18 officers, 397 non commissioned officers and men and 408 horses aboard. | |
| 5 May 1901: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 569, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles | |
| 3 Feb 1903: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant Major , 1814, 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
James Duncan SUTTON was born in Brushgrove, NSW in 1878
His parents were Malcolm SUTTON & Flora GRAHAM who married in NSW in 1869 (registered in Maitland)
He served during the Boer War with the 3rd Australian Commonwealth Horse & the 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles
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