Herbert Lowell Cutcher
First Name:
Herbert
Middle Name:
Lowell
Last Name:
Cutcher
Alternate Spelling:
Catcher
Mother's Name:
Bertha Cutcher nee Harnett
Father's Name:
Samuel Cutcher
Date Enlisted:
Wednesday, January 12, 1916
Rank at Enlistment:
Private
Rank at Discharge:
Lance Corporal
Unit:
33rd Battalion
Company:
D
Service:
Infantry
Awards:
British War Medal
Victory Medal
Place of Death:
Frankston, Victoria
Details:
Herbert Lowell Cutcher (Service No 1084), was born in Wollongong, N.S.W., in 1895.
At enlistment, he was single, 20 years old, worked as a farmer and lived at Inverell, N.S.W. Herbert had already served as a sergeant in the cadets.
He embarked on HMAT A74 Marathon, with 33rd Battalion, D Company, on 4th May 1916. Soon after arriving in England, on 5th July 1916, Herbert was promoted to Lance Corporal. He arrived in France on 21st November 1916, and saw service on the Western Front with 33rd Battalion, as an armourer.
He returned to Australia in May 1919, and was discharged on 12th August 1919.
In 1920, he married Amy Coffey, in Goulburn, N.S.W. and they had one child.
Herbert died in Frankston, Victoria, in 1963.
Sources:
NAA: B2455, CUTCHER H L
