SUTHERLAND, Robert Bruce
| Service Number: | 2723 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dignams Creek, New South Wales, Australia , 16 January 1899 |
| Home Town: | Dignams Creek, Bega Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 5 August 1966, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Cobargo & District Soldiers War Memorial, Cobargo Dignam's Creek Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 27 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2723, 45th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2723, 45th Infantry Battalion , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2723, 45th Infantry Battalion , HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Robert was the son of Alex and Alice May Sutherland of Dignams Creek, via Bega, New South Wales. Known as ‘Bob’ Sutherland he was only 17 years and four months of age when he enlisted in 1916.
His older brother, Second Lieutenant William Sutherland 13th Battalion AIF was killed in action at Gallipoli 21 August 1915, aged 27.
Another older brother, 61 Driver James Alisine Sutherland 1st Battalion AIF, an original member of the unit, was killed in action when struck by a shell at Hell Fire Corner on the Menin Road in Belgium, 18th September 1917, aged 25.
Bob Sutherland was twice wounded with the 45th Battalion during 1917 and returned to Australia during February 1919.