Suttor, Keith Bruce
(Tracey)
Born N.Z
Suttor, Keith Bruce 522 Pte 7 LHR C Sqn to Cpl 2-15 to Sgt 5-15 prom 2/Lt A Sqn 815 WIA 23/24-8-15 L/thigh reported one of 11 casualties by bombs under Maj Suttor
at Lone Pine in war diary (G) to C Troop? Promoted, Capt. C Sqn? 3-18 WIA 27-3-18
R/thigh shot at Amman. Brother Harold Maj 7 LHR.
Desert Column
After wounding r/thigh, evacuated to Malta and England, Promoted to Lieut. Returned
to Gallipoli 21/11/15. Wound in ’18, led to his being invalided home.
Personal
When Major McIntosh was in Cairo he met Lieutenant. Col. Onslow, who gave him,
news of the late Trooper Guy Kendall and Major H. B. Suttor and Sergeant (exPrivate) Keith Suttor. Of .Mr. Kendall's dead son he said: “He's doing well in the
trenches.” Major and Sergeant Suttor are with the 7th Light Horse.
National Advocate 11/9/15 P.3.
Above extracts from War Diary. At Lone Pine, 25th “Health of Regt. Very
bad/.” 27th “Suttor to hospital.” This probably was Harold.
Wounded
Lieut. Keith B. Suttor, son of Mr. A. Bruce Suttor, Chatswood, has been admitted to
the 66th Clearing Hospital, Egypt, suffering from a gunshot wound in the right thigh.
Lieut. Suttor, who is attached to the Light Horse, was also wounded during the
Gallipoli campaign.
SMH 10/4/18 P.12
Captain Keith B. Suttor son of Mr. A. Bruce Suttor, Chatswood, was recently
wounded in Palestine and is now reported to be dangerously ill. Capt. Suttor is
attached to the Light Horse and he left Australia as a private in the first year of the
war. He was wounded at Lone Pine.
SMH 20/5/18
Below is “Recommendation,” for an award.as seen on the AWM site? However,
it was not followed by an entry as “Awarded.”
An informal group portrait of some of the 7th Light Horse Regiment officers, taken
with the Brigade Headquarters staff at Hill 70, Egypt July 1916. Back row, left to right:
Lieutenant James Dalton; Captain Keith Bruce Suttor; Major Louis Walter Davies
MC; Major Edward Windeyer; Major Nathaniel Dunbar Barton; Major Luke Bice,
Captain John Dalzell Richardson; Colonel George Macleay Macarthur Onslow DSO
VD, Col John Robinson Royston CMG DSO, White, Major Thomas Leslie Wills-Allen
DSO, Lieutenant George Snow MC and Major Harold Bruce Suttor.
See larger photo Harold’s dossier. Photo and text AWM.
398th Casualty List
NSW
Wounded
Lieut. Keith B. Suttor (2nd.Occ,)
SMH 16/4/18 P, 8
CLAIM FOR SALARY.
Suttor v Graves and another.
The plaintiff, Keith Bruce Suttor, sued Etella Eudora Graves and Phyllis Graves, trading as
Warden Harry Graves, stock and property agents, claiming £131 as wages alleged to be due
for 31 weeks at £5 per week, during which time he was in the employ of the defendants. A
plea of never indebted was filed, and the defendants further stated that it had been clearly
explained to the plaintiff that the business could not pay the salary claimed, and he was
invited to invest capital in it. He did not wish to do so, but, It was alleged, agreed to go In
without salary, as he had a war pension to live upon. ----------.
The jury returned a verdict for the defendants,
SMH 23/10/24 P.6
Suttor, Alice Mary (1855–1923)
A member of one of Bathurst's well-known families in the person of Mrs. Alice Mary
Suttor, wife of Mr. A. Bruce Suttor, died at his residence, Waimarie, Findlay Avenue,
Roseville, on Wednesday.
Deceased was a daughter of Mr. J. N. McIntosh, of Ellerslie, Bathurst, and granddaughter of Colonel McIntosh, who came to NSW in command of a Highland regiment
about 90 years ago. She was born at Ellerslie in 1855, and had also resided at Eureka,
Hamilton, Waikato district, New Zealand. She is survived by Mr. Suttor, who is a son of
the late Mr. William Henry Suttor, of Brucedale, Bathurst, and brother of the late Sir
Francis Suttor. Two sons - Major Harold Suttor, who served in the South African and
also in the recent war, Captain Keith Suttor, who also saw service in the great war and
four daughters, Mrs. Ruby Stokes, wife of Dr. Harold Stokes, Taree; Mrs. Valerie
Ormiston, wife of Mr. V. A. Ormiston, Macquarie Street, Sydney; and Miss Nina and Miss
Gladys Suttor.
Original publication Sydney Morning Herald, 3 September 1923, p 6 Obituaries Aust.
A Fighting Family.
The Suttors, of Bathurst, are proud of their fighting strain. They descend from a
branch of the Suttor family which has given many a good man to both the army and
navy. George Suttor, who settled in this State in the early days, is or has I been
represented at the .war by the following descendants: —
Lieut-Col. Suttor Rich, died from wounds in France, Nov., 1914. Lilian Suttor, nurse,
Lady Dudley’s Hospital, France. Pauline-Manning, Military Hospital, England. Major
Harold Suttor, Gallipoli, since April. Sergeant Keith Suttor, Gallipoli, April. Corp.
Marcus Griffin, Gallipoli. .Ronald Griffin, James Suttor, Dudley Suttor, Scarson Suttor, Cecil
Suttor---- Nellie Gilliam, Mrs. Harold Suttor, nurses in Egypt. ------. Hume Gilliam, Gallipoli.
Muriel Gillham; nurse, England. ----. . Roger Roxburgh Suttor, training in Duntroon College,
Canberra. --------.
Births
SUTTOR-September í, 1924, to the wife of Keith B Suttor a son.
SMH 9/9/24 P.8