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• John Carruthers †

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Name recorded

• John Carruthers

Service number

• Service number 18930

Rank

• Held rank of Sapper

Birth record

• 5 February 1891 in Carstairs, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death records

• Died on service
• 25 August 1918 in Proyart, Somme, France

Address

• 16 Rosebery Street, Mosman, NSW, Australia

Relationships

• Father - John Carruthers
• Mother - Janet Moffat
• Wife - Nellie Leitch Donaldson

Organisation

• 2nd Field Company Engineers

Main sources

• Carruthers John : SERN 18930 : POB Carstairs Scotland : POE Sydney NSW : NOK W Carruthers Nellie Leitch Donaldson (website)
• Find War Dead: CARRUTHERS, JOHN (webpage)
• Red Cross Wounded and Missing: John Carruthers (webpage)
• Roll of Honour: John Carruthers (webpage)
• First World War Embarkation Rolls: John Carruthers (webpage)
• ROLL OF HONOUR. (newspaper article)
• A.I.F. CASUALTIES Yesterday's List Contains Names of Many Dead and Wounded. (newspaper article)
• WAR CASUALTIES. KILLED. (newspaper article)
• IN MEMORIAM. On Active Service. [25 August 1919] (newspaper article)
• IN MEMORIAM. On Active Service. [25 August 1923] (newspaper article)

Commemorations

• CARRUTHERS J. on the West Face of the Mosman War Memorial
• Carruthers, J. on the Scots Kirk Presbyterian Church Mosman Roll of Honour