Roland Pruett Sutcliffe (Lt.) was born in Ballarat and attended the Humffray Street State School. He was a 23 year old teacher at Haileybury College when he enlisted with the 6th Battalion, 12th Reinforcements, on April 14th 1915. He received his commission as 2nd Lieutenant in July and embarked from Melbourne, on board the Ceramic in November and reached France in April 1916. He spent Christmas and New Year in hospital and was promoted to full Lieutenant in March. He remained on duty despite being wounded in action in May but, on December 21st 1917, he resigned his commission and was commissioned as an officer in the Sikh Regiment of the Indian Army. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records that he died at the Station Hospital, Lahore, on October 20th 1918 from 'Pneumonic Influenza'. He is remembered at the Karachi War Cemetery and Memorial and on a memorial plaque at Christ Church Anglican Cathedral, Ballarat.