| Date of birth |
1916-05-24 |
Manly, NSW. |
| Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) |
1936-03 |
Joined Sydney University Regiment. |
| Date commissioned |
1939-11-10 |
Commissioned as a lieutenant in the Militia. |
| Date and unit at appointment (Officers) |
1940-05-01 |
2/5th Field Regiment, 7th Divisional Artillery, Australian Imperial Force. |
| Date of embarkation |
1940-10-19 |
Boarded the HMT Queen Mary and embarked for the Middle East. |
| Other |
1941-06 |
2/5th Field Regiment began their campaign in Syria. |
| Date of honour or award |
1941-06-19 - 1941-07-06 |
Awarded Victoria Cross for action at Merdjayoun and Damour Area, Lebanon whilst serving with 2/5th Field Regiment, 7th Division as a lieutenant. Cutler was wounded in the fighting and his right leg was subsequently amputated. |
| Date returned to Australia |
1941-12 |
After the loss of his leg Cutler was invalided home and retired from the AIF. |
| Other |
1942 |
Appointed Assistant Deputy Director of the Security Service in NSW. |
| Other |
1943 - 1946 |
Appointed Assistant Commissioner in the Commonwealth Department of Repatriation. |
| Other |
1946 - 1952 |
Australian High Commissioner in New Zealand. |
| Other |
1952 - 1955 |
Appointed Australian High Commissioner in Ceylon. |
| Other |
1955-06-14 |
Appointment as Australian Minister to Egypt. |
| Other |
1957-01 |
Appointed secretary general of the SEATO Council of Foreign Ministers, held in Canberra. |
| Other |
1958-08 |
Appointed Australian High Commissioner in Pakistan. |
| Other |
1961-07 |
Appointed Australian Consul-General in New York. |
| Other |
1965 |
Appointed ambassador to the Netherlands. |
| Other |
1966 - 1981 |
Governor of New South Wales. |
| Date of honour or award |
1981-04-07 |
Knight of the Order of Australia. |
| Date of death |
2002-02-21 |
NSW. |
