RUTHERFORD, John Maurice
| Service Number: | WX10785 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 January 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Maylands, Western Australia, 21 November 1920 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Cardiac Beri-Beri whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Thailand, 14 October 1943, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Burial reference: - Plot 1. Row M. Grave 68. Personal Inscription: - "LOVED SON OF MR. & MRS. H. RUTHERFORD OF KALGOORLIE,W.A...AT REST". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, WX10785 | |
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| 15 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, WX10785, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
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Parents: - Harold Francis Walton Rutherford and Elsie Alice Mary Cowling married July 1919 in Luton, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom.
Sergeant John Maurice “Rusty” Rutherford never married he died of cardiac beri-beri at Chungkai Hospital Camp having been evacuated from Burma-Thai Railway with ‘D’ Force Thailand V Battalion on the 13th October 1943. He was promoted to Sergeant posthumously. His promotion was approved on 12th February 1942 by his Commanding Officer. At the time of his death his rank was considered to be Corporal, but after the surrender of the Japanese, documentation was recovered indicating the promotion to Sergeant.
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