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Thomas Rutherford

Service Number: 5207
Rank: Private
Reinforcements: 16th
Company: B Coy, C Coy
Memorial Place: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Family members and/or researchers that have made contact.
 
Leeta Rutherford
rutherford_lee@bigpond.com
 
 
Brian Westrupp
westrupb@msn.com.au
The following photographs are concerning memorials for Thomas.
Thomas' name

Thomas' name

Thomas' name on the wall at Villers-Bretonneux, France.

Newspaper memorial

Newspaper memorial

Newspaper memorial placed by his mother and siblings. It appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald on November 5th 1917.

Newspaper memorial

Newspaper memorial

Newspaper memorial placed by his mother and siblings. It appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald on November 5th 1918.

Thomas' name on the AWM Wall

Thomas' name on the AWM Wall

Thomas' name on the wall at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.

Memorial Cross

Memorial Cross

I wrote on this cross (while in France), which was then left at the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial for Thomas, around November 7th 2006.

Placing the memorial cross

Placing the memorial cross

My dad placed the memorial cross at the bottom of the wall - under Thomas' name - at the Villers-Bretonneux memorial, around November 7th 2006.

Memorial cross

Memorial cross

Here is the cross at the bottom of the wall at Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (placed around November 7th 2006).

Message

Message

Dad left this message in the book at the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.

100th memorial

100th memorial

This was placed into the Sydney Morning Herald by Brian, for the 100th anniversary memorial

Remembering Thomas

Remembering Thomas

I placed this memorial for Thomas.

Mini Plaques

Mini Plaques

These two plaques were put up in the memorial garden in Gueudecourt.

Thomas' Mini Plaques

Thomas' Mini Plaques

The mini plaques on the wall of the memorial garden in Gueudecourt

The following photographs are supplied by the family and/or researchers.
Thomas and Alma RUTHERFORD
Thomas RUTHERFORD
Thomas' Medals
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