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John James SUTHERLAND

Regimental number3474
Place of birthThologolong Station, Upper Murray, Victoria
SchoolBeechworth College, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationGrazier
AddressThologolong via Wodonga, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, P Sutherland, Thologolong via Wodonga, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in Cadets.
Enlistment date31 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 11 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 11 August 1918
Place of death or woundingRosieres
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialVignacourt British Cemetery (Plot VI, Row B, Grave No. 12), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
54
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Peter and Ina SUTHERLAND, Thologolong Station, via Wodonga, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3475 Pte Lisle Ben SUTHERLAND, 15th Brigade Machine Gun Company, killed in action, 19 July 1916.~

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