Douglas MacPherson CUTHBERTSON

Regimental number2/1384
Address13 Duke Street, Invercargill
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs S E Cuthbertson, Duke Street, Invercargill
Rank on embarkationLieutenant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Maunganui on 13 June 1915
Final rankCaptain
Final unit6th (Howitzer) Battery, 2nd Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


'For exceptionally good services and devotion to duty in Gallipoli and France during the period from 1st October to 29th September 1916. He has not missed a day from duty, and has always shown the greatest courage and keenness under all conditions.'
Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', 4 January 1916.

FateDied of wounds 30 March 1918
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot IV, Row F, Grave No 3), Pas de Calais, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late Robert E and Susan E Cuthbertson, of Invercargill, New Zealand
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Field Artillery/Fifth

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