Arthur Daniel SUTTON

Regimental number10/54
Date of birth9 June 1880
Place of birthCharlestown
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationDrover
AddressWaipawa
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation34.3
Height5' 9.5"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Henry William Sutton, Hawera
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date18 August 1914
Place of enlistmentMasterton
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 12 August 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Found guilty, 4 March 1915, of being absent from Tattoo Roll Call: awarded 4 days' confined to barracks.

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Admitted to HS 'Royal George', 8 May 1915 (bullet wound, right leg); transferred to No.5 General Hospital, Alexandria, 14 May 1915; to No.15 General Hospital, Alexandria, 30 May 1915; to England, 17 June 1915; to No.2 Western General Hospital, Manchester, 1 July 1915; to NZ Command Depot, Hornchurch, 2 June 1916.

Admitted to No.2 NZ General Hospital, Walton on Thames, 20 June 1916; transferred to No.1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 30 June 1916; to NZ Command Depot, Hornchurch, 11 July 1916.

Commenced return on board HS 'Willochra', 12 August 1916; disembarked New Zealand, 28 September 1916; discharged (no longer physically fit for war service on account of wounds received in action), 6 November 1916.

Total war service: 2 years 81 days (of which 1 year 348 days was abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 7823056