"Hutton, Lorne de Hutton, 2nd lieutenant., 124th Machine Gun Corps, s. of the late David Con Hutton, Art Master, Dunedin School of Art and Design, by his wife, Helen Bryden, 8th dau. of the late Archibald Douglas, of Edinburgh: b. Dunedin, 20 Oct. 1880; educ. At Arthur Street School there; served his apprenticeship as a Carpenter with Messers. Findlay & Murdoch, and was for a number of years employed in that capacity; subsequently entered the employ of Mr. Robert Forrest, Architect, and on 31 March 1910, was registered as an Architect. In May, 1914, he proceeded to London to complete his studies in architecture, and while there obtained his A.R.I.B.A. diploma; joined the Artists' Rifles as a Cadet 15 Dec. 1915; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 15 Jan. 1917; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; was sent to Italy 10 Nov. 1917, but was recalled to France in March 1918, and was killed in action at Biefvillers on the 23rd of that month. Buried about 1,500 yards south-south-west of Achiet-le-Petit, which is north-west of Bapaume. A brother, 2nd Lieut. Knight wrote to his sister: "We were successful in holding the enemy for some time, but were driven back at last. Your brother, after making a very brave stand, was shot by a machine gun just as he was retiring. He died instantly, a very brave death. I have never met a braver, cleaner living, straighter man during my three years in the trenches. This is the opinion of all the officers and men in his company."" [Source: De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1919]