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Francis Benjamin HUTTON

Regimental number4516
Place of birthCollingwood, Victoria
SchoolGold St State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGrocer
Address112 Easey Street, Collingwood, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Mr C B Hutton, 112 Easey Street, Collingwood, Victoria
Enlistment date26 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll46th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 16 November 1916
Place of death or woundingFlers, France
Age at death22.11
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialA.I.F. Burial Ground, Grass Lane (Plot I, Row L, Grave No. 21), Flers, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
142
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr C and Ellen HUTTON, 112 Easy Street, Collingwood, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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