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SUTTIE, William Mitchell
(Service number 6/4156)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	1 September 1891	Place of Birth	Forfarshire, Scotland

Enlistment Information

Date	17 November 1915	Age	24 years
Address at Enlistment	C/o J. W. Armstrong, Hunter, Makikihi
Occupation	Ploughman
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Miss Jeanie SUTTIE (sister), 1 Carrington Crescent, Barnhill, Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland; Mrs W. LOW (friend), Dee Street, Timaru
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 8 inches. Weight 9 stone 10 lbs. Chest measurement 31½-34v inches. Complexion medium. Eyes blue. Hair medium brown. Sight normal, both eyes 6/6. hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Teeth fairly good. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Spare but fairly muscular.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	10th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Date	4 March 1916
Transport	Willochra or Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian Expeditionary Force; Western European
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	16 June 1919	Reason	On the termination of his period of engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	22 November 1951	Age	63 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 23 November 1957
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 116, Plot 14
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

William Mitchell Suttie, born in Forfarshire, Scotland, had only landed in New Zealand in April 1914.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [19 October 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK18805 W5553 0111072) [20 October 2016]; Waimate Daily Advertiser, 9 November 1915, 19 April 1916, Timaru Herald, 13 November 1915, 11 October 1919, Otago Daily Times, 24 July 1916 (Papers Past) [20 October 2016]; Timaru Herald, 23 November 1951 (Timaru District Library) [15 September 2016]

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