Douglas Stuart SUTHERLAND

Regimental number9/1743
Address72 Grange Street, Dunedin
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Sutherland, 72 Grange Street, Dunedin
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment, 8th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 13 November 1915
The 8th Reinforcements of the Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment left New Zealand on board two aships, HMNZT 35 'Willochra' and HMNZT 36 'Tofua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Machine Gun Battalion
FateDied of wounds 30 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialMont Huon Military Cemetery (Plot VII, Row N, Grave No 5A), Le Treport, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Andrew and Jessie Sutherland, Dunedin
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Eighth

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