Departure May 21, 1919 at St Nazaire, France
Arrival May 22, 1918 at Camp Alexander, Newport News, Virginia on the U.S.S. Koningin Der Nederlanden (ID 2708)
Unit Company B, 338th Machine Gun Battalion, 88th Division
Departure August 15, 1918 at New York, New York on the HMS Kashmir
Rank Sergeant
Service Number 3680441
2011 information from Justyn
Ernest Dee Sutherland, born in 1887, was the youngest of
Donald W. Sutherland's four sons.
Donald's first wife was Anna (Espy), mother of the first three boys.
Donald and his second wife, Allie (Bishop), are
the parents of Ernest.
Donald came to Manning in 1881, the year the town was founded. Private Donald W.
Sutherland was in Co. G, 44th Iowa Infantry in the Civil War and was mustered
out September 15, 1864, in Davenport. Donald organized the First National Bank
on February 11, 1886. He was the bank's first president. The bank has remained
on the same corner of Main Street in Manning since its founding. The four sons
of D.W. Sutherland all tried their hands at banking but Lial and Robert turned to other professions. Ralph G. "Gord"
and "Dee" found their careers in the hometown bank.
Dee was a native of Manning. As a left-handed pitcher he played semi-pro
baseball for Chariton after high school and became a baseball pitcher of some
renown in southwestern Iowa. He lettered in baseball at the University of Iowa.
He also pitched for the local team for several years.
Dee was thirty years old and still unmarried when World War I took him to France. He entered the army in June of 1918 at Camp Dodge which was located ten miles north of Des Moines, the state capital. His rank was that of sergeant. He served with the Eighty-Eighth Division, an infantry division, which included men drafted from the states of Minnesota, Iowa, the Dakotas and Illinois. Dee was assigned to the 338th Machine Gun Battalion Company B. His unit sailed for Europe on August 15 from Hoboken, New Jersey on the H.M.S. Kashmir and arrived in Liverpool, England, on August 28. Then they went on to France. The troops debarked at Cherbourg, France, on September 1. Directly from the rest camp at Cherbourg they were sent to the 21st Training Area in the heart of Cote d'Or. They had intense training in trench warfare until September. The Division moved by train to a new division headquarters near Belfort to await orders to go to the front trenches. The trenches to be occupied by the Division were in the Center Sector Haute-Alsace.
At the time the 88th took over the sector these trenches were in places filled with water and caved in. "Machine gun posts in the north sub-sector of the division line were assigned to the 338th Machine Gun Battalion on October 7. In November the 88th Division was awaiting orders to move forward again into active fighting when the Armistice was signed.
Even though the war was over, the next few months were very trying. The Division was located in one of the poorest and least desirable parts of France and the weather was of the worst variety. Rain persisted as misty drizzles with mud everywhere. After the armistice the men still carried out strenuous training programs with long marches and did not get much of a rest until Christmas and New Year's Eve. Living conditions gradually improved with more recreation. The 88th was on5of the last divisions to be shipped home. It was together as a unit for the last time on May 15, 1919. On May 21 three ships carried troops of the division to the United States. The 338th Machine Gun Battalion went on the U.S.S. Koeningen der Nederlanden.
On arrival in the U.S. the soldiers were sent by troop train to Des Moines. As was the custom the train was met by a reception committee composed of leading business men. In Des Moines they marched in a parade and had a big dinner provided by welfare societies. Immediately afterwards they were sent to Camp Dodge and within 48 hours they were back in Des Moines with a red chevron sewed on their sleeves to show that they were civilians again.
In 1926 Dee and the former Flora Fuller were married. She was a mathematics teacher at Manning High School. They had one child, a daughter, Justyn.
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Manning Monitor Businessman feature 1959
From a $1-a-week janitor to bank president. That's the story of our Business Man of the Week today. Ernest D. Sutherland, Manning native son, has been associated with the First National bank 52 years, being the third member of the family to hold the position as president. Before him was his father Colonel DW Sutherland, who with OE Dutton founded the bank in 1886 and his brother Gordon Sutherland, who served in that capacity. Known affectionately as "Dee," the local banker, received his education in Manning schools and attended the University of Iowa where he lettered in baseball. For several years played that sport as a member of the Manning town team. He was in the army during World War I and served with the American Expeditionary Forces. He is a member of the VFW, American Legion, Masonic Lodge club and other groups. "Dee" and his wife, Flora have one daughter, Justyn, who lives in Rochester, Minn. There are also two grandchildren - a boy and a girl. The family belongs to the Presbyterian church. A special day is coming for the congenial banker when he observes his birthday. |
Manning - Ernest D. "Dee" Sutherland, 78, retired Manning banker, died at his home here Wednesday, September 28, 1966.
He was born November 30, 1887.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Ohde Funeral Home at Manning, where friends may call after 4 p.m. Friday. The Rev. Carl G. Sinning, minister of the Presbyterian Church, will officiate and burial will be in the Manning Cemetery.
Mr. Sutherland retired as president of the First National Bank of Manning two years ago because of his health. With the exception of three years he had been in the banking profession since 1907. He began work in the bank at the age of 17 when he graduated from Manning High School.
His father, "Colonel" Donald W. Sutherland, came to Manning in 1881, the year the town was founded, and organized the bank on February 11, 1886. "Colonel" Sutherland was the first president of the bank which has remained on the same corner on Main Street since its founding.
Mr. Sutherland was a native of Manning. After his graduation from high school in 1906, he attended the University of Iowa for two years and was in the Army for one year in World War I. Following his military service he returned to his work at the bank. In his youth he was well-known in Southwest Iowa as a baseball pitcher. He played baseball in college and semi-pro ball with Chariton as well as pitching for the local team.
He was married to the former Flora Fuller of Princeton, Missouri, and they lived many years on Third Street in Manning. She died July 23, 1960, and Mr. Sutherland continued to live in their home.
Mr. Sutherland served for a number of years on the Carroll County Soldiers' Relief Commission; was treasurer of the Manning School Board for a number of years; was a 50-year member of the Masonic Lodge; and a longtime member of the Manning-Manilla Country Club.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Don (Justyn) Harding of Toledo, Ohio, and two grandchildren.
Note: for historical accuracy, Donald Sutherland was a Private in the Army during the Civil War - his nickname was "Colonel."
