Book of Remembrance entry
B.E. : Lieutenant, 78th Field Coy., R.E., B.E.F., France. Sailing 23rd November, 1915, was one of the first three Engineering graduates granted an R.E. commission, being appointed secondlieutenant in England 15th January, 1916. Promoted lieutenant On the Field and recommended for captaincy just prior to death. Mentioned in Despatches twice. Died of Wounds, Gueudecourt, 21st September, 1918, and was buried in Five Points Cemetery, Ytres-Etricourt. Early education at Sydney Church of England Grammar School. . . . He would most certainly have been awarded M.C. had he lived . . .
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?Early education at Sydney Church of England Grammar School, North Sydney, NSW, Australia
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1915Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1915
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?Hutchinson, Lloyd Chase
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?Enlisted
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?Military service as Lieutenant at France --, France
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?Commemorated at St Luke's Church [ Mosman NSW Australia ]
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1918Death in Gueudecourt -- Somme, France 21 September 1918
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