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Captain THOMAS WYVILLE LEONARD RUTHERFORD

Service Number: 6/718
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 October 1918

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TEHRAN WAR CEMETERY

III. E. 8.

Iran

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Awards Military Cross, Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of John and Josephine Rutherford, of Wartle, Hamilton East, New Zealand. Born at Masterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand. A mining engineer.
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Buried or commemorated at

TEHRAN WAR CEMETERY
Iran
Number of casualties: 603
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