Date Killed:	7th November 1944
Company:	UNKNOWN
Cemetery:	OOSTENDE NEW COMMUNAL CEMETERY BELGIUM
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Surname:	Rutherford
Initials:	J.
Rank:	Private
Army No.:	13061544
Notes:	CMP. Enlisted in the Pioneer Corps, transferred to CMP. 7/11/44 Died. He was born and resided in Glasgow. He was drowned off Oostend when LST 420 hit a German mine. Over 300 RN, Army and RAF personnel drowned including 12 CMP. No inscription on gravestone. Casualty List 1609/24, Western Europe, Missing, 7/11/1944. Casualty List 1609/26, At Sea, previously reported missing 7/11/1944, Western Europe, 7/11/1944, now reported killed, previous List 1609. John Rutherford.