RUTHERFORD, Alexander Thomas
| Service Number: | 4527 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Australian General Hospital |
| Born: | Edinburgh, Scotland, 18 December 1878 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Uraemic Coma, Uxbridge, Middlesex, United Kingdom, 12 December 1918, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
Newbattle Old Cemetery 7. 52. INSCRIPTION FAREWELL, BUT NOT FOR EVER , Newbattle Old Cemetery, Newbattle, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 4527, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) | |
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| 24 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 4527, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) | |
| 1 Jun 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 4527, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jun 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 4527, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Fremantle | |
| 12 Dec 1918: | Involvement Private, 4527, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4527 awm_unit: No. 1 Australian General Hospital awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-12-12 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 41 and the son of Alexander and Margaret Dippie Rutherford.
Deaths Dec 1918 Rutherford Alexander T 40 Uxbridge 3a 83
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 12th December.......Private Alexander Thomas Rutherford was born around 1878 at Edinburgh, Scotland. He joined the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 8th January, 1916 as a 38 year old Labourer from East Perth, Western Australia.
Private Rutherford was transferred to Australian Army Medical Corps on 26th August, 1916 while in England. He arrived in France & was posted to 3rd Field Ambulance from 21st July, 1917.
Private Rutherford was admitted to Hospital on 30th September, 1917 with debility. He was admitted to 3rd Rest Camp on 7th December, 1917.
Private Rutherford was posted to 1st Australian General Hospital, Rouen, France on 21st February, 1918.
Private Rutherford was admitted to Hospital on 18th April, 1918 & discharged on 29th April, 1918. He was re-admitted to Hospital on 7th May, 1918 & invalided to England on 12th May, 1918. He was admitted to Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley on 14th May, 1918 & discharged to No. 2 Command Depot at Weymouth on 17th August, 1918.
Private Rutherford was admitted to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital at Harefield on 18th October, 1918 Nuerasthenia & Colitis. He was reported at seriously ill on 9th December, 1918.
Private Alexander Thomas Rutherford died at 19.00 hrs on 12th December, 1918 at 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital at Harefield, Middlesex, England from Uraemic Coma.
The relatives of the late Private Rutherford requested that he be buried in Scotland.... he was buried in Newbattle Old Cemetery, Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland.
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