SUTTON, Henry John
(Service number 57278)
| First Rank | Lance Corporal | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 20 May 1893 | Place of Birth | Bray, Wicklow, Ireland |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 543 Childers Road, Gisborne | ||
| Occupation | Carpenter | ||
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| Marital Status | Married | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Gertie SUTTON (wife), 543 Childer's Road, Gisborne | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 29th Reinforcements, F Company | ||
| Date | 15 August 1917 | ||
| Transport | Ruahine | ||
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 22 January 1971 | Age | 77 years |
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| Place of Death | Wairoa | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Hawkes Bay Crematorium | ||
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Biographical Notes
Henry John Sutton was the younger son of Henry John and Susan Emily (née Fitzroy), of County Wicklow, Ireland. His father died on 2 April 1897 at the Adelaide Hopital, Dublin. In 1901 young Henry, his brother thomas and sister Susan were at home with their widowed mother at Powerscourt, Wicklow. By 1905 Susan had brought her family to New Zealand and settled in Timaru. In 1903 Susan married James Benjamin Sutton, her brother-in-law. The first wife of James, Letitia, had died in 1904. Letitia, James and Susan are buried together in the Timaru Cemetery. Henry John Sutton married Gertrude (Gertie) Allsup on 28 August 1917 at Gisborne. Their first child, Gertrude Audrey, was born on 28 August 1917 at Gisborne, 13 days after Henry had embarkded. Hery returned to New Zealand on 19 February 1919 and had to proceed to Gisborne before going to Timaru. A son, Henry John, was born in 1923.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [31 December 2019]; Timaru Herald, 17 February 1919 (Papers Past) [16 March 2015]; 1901 census return for Ireland (per ancestry.com.nz) [31 December 2019]; Hawke's Bay Cremation Register [31 December 2019]
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