confirmed
Died: 25 October 1916
Wounded in action, Battle of Fromelles, 20 July 1916 (gunshot wound, head). Rejoined his battalion on 12 August 1916.
Killed in action on 25 October 1916 while his battalion was defending the front line at Le Barque (Ligny-Thilloy, Pas-de-Calais, France).
Husband of Phyllis Daisy Coutts, of Daceyville. Youngest son of Laurence T. Coutts, Stanmore, and Mrs. Coutts, Mosman.
His mother lived at Bray Street, Mosman (Sands Directory, 1918).
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- Main sources
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- 3489 Private John Wilfred Coutts (photograph)
- Coutts John Wilfred : SERN 3489 : POB Redfern NSW : POE Warwick Farm NSW : NOK W Coutts Phyllis D (item)
- Discovering Anzacs - John Wilfred Coutts (webpage)
- Find War Dead – Coutts, John Wilfred (webpage)
- Roll of Honour - John Wilfred Coutts (webpage)
- First World War Embarkation Rolls - John Wilfred Coutts (webpage)
- Family Notices (newspaper article)
- WOUNDED. PRIVATE J. W. COUTTS. (newspaper article)
- 216 DEAD Another Casualty List MANY OFFICERS OUT OF ACTION (newspaper article)
- Commemorations
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- COUTTS J. W. on the West Face of the Mosman War Memorial
- Coutts, J.W. on the Scots Kirk Presbyterian Church Mosman Roll of Honour