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Name:
James Harold Suttie
Regimental Number:
40915
Rank:
Bombardier
Regiment:
3rd Brigade
Canadian Field Artillery
Date of Birth:
February 24, 1894
Place of Birth:
Yarmouth, NS
Date of Enlistment:
September 2, 1914
Place of Enlistment:
Valcartier, Quebec
Address at Enlistment:
Yarmouth, NS
Age at Enlistment:
20
Height: 5 feet, 6 inches
Complexion: medium
Eyes: blue
Hair: light brown
Prior Military Experience:
6 years 29th Battery, CFA, Yarmouth, NS
Trade:
Plumber
Marital Status:
Single
Religion:
Baptist
Next of Kin:
(Father) Charles Suttie, Brunswick St., Yarmouth, NS
Date of Death:
October 14, 1918
Age at Death:
24
Cemetery:
Etaples Military Cemetery, France
Plot: LXVII. J. 20.
Commemorated on Page 509 of the First World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on October 27
Listed on the Nominal Roll of the 40th Battalion
Commemorated on the Yarmouth War Memorial
James was the son of Charles Seely Suttie and Carminia M Ritchie Suttie, of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
He departed Yarmouth on August 22, 1914 with several others in the charge of Captain Pickles of the 10th Siege Battery
Canadian Field Artillery. He enlisted at Valcartier and went overseas with the first contingent, CEF. He spent two months in
England and crossed to France in February 1915.
On June 23, 1916 he was invalided to England where he was admitted to Dockage Westminister Hospital, London
seriously injured with wounds to his arm and thigh. Having recovered he returned to France.
On November 30, 1917 he suffered a slight wounded in the neck and face and taken to No 34 Field Ambulance and
transferred on November 30, 1917 to No. 22 General Hospital Dannes at Camiers, France. He was transferred to England and
admitted to Stramongate Auxiliary Hospital at Kendal, affiliated with Fusehill War Hospital, Carlisle, UK. He was discharged on
January 1, 1918 and returned to France in the field.
On October 13, 1918 he was admitted to the No. 7 General Hospital, Etaples, France, suffering from a gunshot wound to
the thigh and bronchial pneumonia. His condition deteriorated rapidly and he died three days later.
Sources:
Library and Archives Canada
Veterans Affairs Canada
James Harold Suttie