8th Battalion
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Joseph Edward Cutts (SN 6246) born in Ballarat, was a 22 year old bricklayer when he enlisted in Ballarat on June 19th 1916. As a reinforcement for the 8th Infantry Battalion, he embarked on September 11th aboard the Euripides and sailed to England. His training in England was interrupted by health issues, particularly epilepsy and an inguinal hernia, and it was determined that he was not fit to be deployed to the battle front. He was returned to Australia on the Euripides and discharged ‘permanently unfit’ on October 20th 1917.
