Soldier profiles
Name : SUTTON, COLIN JOHN
Service Number : VX59117
Date of Birth : 26/11/1915
Place of Birth : BOORT, VIC
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Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 15/07/1941
Locality on Enlistment : NORTHCOTE, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : SUTTON, EDITH
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : SERGEANT
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
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Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 30/11/1945
Date Died : 25/12/1961
Age at Death : 46
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : BOORT CEMETERY, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6134405 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Headstone [photo courtesy of C. Judkins]
Background : Brother of VX22380 SUTTON, ROBERT MURDOCH (2/2 Pioneer). Passed away at Heidelberg, Victoria.
