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Robert SUTTIE

Regimental number390
Place of birthLeith, Scotland
SchoolBoard School, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia32
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationWoolclasser
Address340 Jones Street, Ultimo, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation35
Next of kinWilliam Suttie, Westview, Newhaven, Leith, Scotland
Previous military serviceServed in Seaforth Highlanders, May 1899; South Africa 1900-1902; India 1902-1907; Reserves 1914.
Enlistment date27 August 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll27 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A19 Afric on 18 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularMobilised on outbreak of war; rejected for HM Forces, bad teeth; offered services at once to AIF and was accepted. Received two medals with three clasps for South Africa, 1900-1902.
FateKilled in Action 25 April 1915
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Date of fate given as 25-29 April 1915 on Nominal Roll.
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death26 April 1915
Age at death36
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 15), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
31
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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