Eric George SUTHERLAND

Regimental number8035
Place of birthYoung, New South Wales
SchoolState School, (WA?)
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm hand
AddressMount Kokeby, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, G Sutherland, Mount Kokeby, Western Australia
Enlistment date20 July 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 27th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 30 October 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 23 August 1918
Place of death or woundingProyart, near Peronne, France
Age at death19
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 15), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
64
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George James and Agnes Mary SUTHERLAND, Mount Kokeby, Western Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal