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Percival SUTHERLAND

Regimental number11996
Place of birthNewport, Victoria
SchoolState School, Essendon, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMotor mechanic
Address7 Larnook Street, West Armadale, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs M J Sutherland, 7 Larnook Street, West Armadale, Victoria
Previous military service49th Infantry; Served in Citizen Military Forces, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date18 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameDivisional Ammunition Column 1, Reinforcement 14
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/89/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 29 May 1918
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialDranoutre Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row K, Grave No. 24), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
13
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Mary Jane SUTHERLAND, 25 Arlie Avenue, Armadale, Victoria. Cemetery details show killed in action 29th March, 1918
Family/military connectionsBrother and cousin: killed in action.

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