Frank Rideal HUTTON

Regimental number10/1857
Date of birth20 October 1882
Place of birthOamaru
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address281 Adelaide Road, Wellington
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32.2
Height5' 7"
Weight142 lbs
Next of kinFather, J A Hutton, Greytown
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date12 January 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Maunganui on 13 June 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 21), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Augustus and Madeline Elizabeth Lindsay Hutton, 105 Kelburn Parade, Kelburn, Wellington. Native of Oamaru
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined Bn at Gallipoli, 8 August 1915, and reverted to the ranks.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded: 'Now believed to be dead.'

War service: 209 days (of which 57 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Fifth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 18051596

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