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RUTHERFORD, Douglas Wallace
Personal Details
Service Number: | Officer |
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Enlisted: | 2 October 1914 |
Last Rank: | Captain |
Last Unit: | Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
Born: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 28 September 1890 |
Home Town: | Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Salesman |
Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 19 November 1975, aged 85 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Queensland Garden of Remembrance (Pinnaroo), Qld, Rockhampton Grammar School WWI Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
2 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Light Horse Regiment | |
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19 Dec 1914: | Involvement Lieutenant, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Vestalia embarkation_ship_number: A44 public_note: '' | |
19 Dec 1914: | Embarked Lieutenant, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Vestalia, Sydney | |
2 Nov 1916: | Involvement Captain, Officer, Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
His brother 2286 Private Gordon Andrew Rutherford of the 47th Battalion AIF was killed in action on 11 April 1917 - France