Other Events and Attributes:

• WWI service: 144362; 42nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regn)
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Stafford Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
• birth: 15 Jul 1891, Stafford Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1901, Stafford Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
• Attestation Papers: 15 Jul 1915, Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada; No: 144362; 42 Bn Canadian Infantry

Notes:

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Attestation Papers:
occupation railroading
age 25, 5' 8 3/4", 170 lbs, with a medium complexion, Grey eyes, and black hair
Pte. Sutton disembarked in Liverpool Jun 29, 1916. He was assigned to serve with the 73rd Royal Highlanders of Canada on Jul 3, 1916. He emabarked for France on Aug 12, 1916. He spent some time in Brook War Hospital in March 1917 with dysentry and the next month bronchitis. He landed in France on Nov 11, 1917 to serve with the 42nd Battalion. During his service, he worked on the railway working party and the tunnelling company. He was killed in action on Sep 29, 1918. Pte. Sutton's circumstances of death registration did not survive however several other soldiers of his Battalion who died on the same day and buried in the same cemetery, were killed as a result of enemy machine gun fire during an attack on Cambrai.