Charles Frank Sutton^[1]

1906 - 1942  (36 years)

• Name	Charles Frank Sutton  [2, 3]
  Birth	1 Sep 1906	Albert, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [2]
  Baptism	28 Feb 1907	Christ Church, Dordrecht, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [2, 4]
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Death	28 Nov 1942  [2]
  Person ID	I141398	master
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	William John Albert Sutton,   b. 16 Oct 1862, Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Mother	Kathleen Eliza Sweetnam,   b. 5 Feb 1879, Winterberg, South Africa
  Family ID	F50609	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Military Service: Corporal, Q Service Corps, South African Forces - Service No. 72507 d. 28 Nov 1942 (alt date) 29 Nov 1942; Lost at sea bur. Alamein Memorial, El Alamein, Egypt - Grave Ref. Column 143 South African War Graves http://www.southafricawargraves.org/search/details.php?id=24511 - Lost at sea on SS Nova Scotia, torpedoed and sunk by U-177. En route from Aden to Durban, South Africa. Carrying 6 passengers, 11 military and naval personnel, 134 South African Guards and 765 Italian civil internees. Son of William J and Catherine E Sutton; husband of Catherine Jessie Taylor Sutton of Durban, Natal, South Africa [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S3488] Denis Herbert Patrick, Thomas and Janet (Jane) Sweetnam and their Descendants in South Africa, (Private Circulation, 1974). [S2538] Lewer, Morag (Reliability: 2). [S3527] 1820 Settler's Centenary Genealogical records, (https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/305287), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKK-PKDY?i=248&cat=305287 (Reliability: 3). [S3797] SA Anglican Parish Registers 1801-2004, Cape Baptisms [LDS], (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2338744), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9TWM-9JM5 (Reliability: 3).