Sergeant Thomas Rutherford
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Rutherford,
Thomas
Date of birth: 1892-02-04
Place of birth: Balmoral Manitoba Canada
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): carpenter
Occupation (normalized): Carpenter, General
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Givenchy-En-Gohelle Communal Cemetery, F. 23.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 129474
Highest Rank:
Sergeant
(72nd Battalion)
Rank detail
Sergeant, 72nd Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack South East of SOUCHEZ
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 561780
LAC ID:
607433
Service file: B8568-S050
Uploader's Notes:
He was the brother of Gunner David John Rutherford , Regimental No. 339686 of the Canadian Field Artillery, Reserve Brigade, who lost his life on 18 January 1918.
Son of Thomas Victor and Janice Agnes (née Sloan) Rutherford, of Stonewall, Manitoba.
Uploader's Research notes:
72nd Battalion Nominal Roll
Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-05-18