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Brother of Privates Douglas, Stewart and Charles Rutherford, who served and fought in Europe, and of Seaman Chester Rutherford, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve. They all survived the war.
Served with C Company, 6th Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps, North Nova Scotia Highlanders (MG) - NPAM - regimental number 63130 replaced by regimental number 60124, from September 12th, 1932 to July 15th, 1938. He finished as a drill sergeant at the Royal School of Infantry and Machine Gun in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Enrolled in the 1st Battalion Winnipeg Grenadiers, he served in Manitoba, Jamaica with Y Force, Hong Kong with C Force and Japan as a prisoner of war. He had 1,548 days of service, including 769 overseas.
To commemorate his sacrifice, the Manitoba government named Rutherford Lake located southwest of Aikens Lake in his honor in 1982.
Digital gallery of Lance Sergeant Archibald Roy Rutherford
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Lance Sergeant Archibald Roy Rutherford
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Lance Sergeant Archibald Roy Rutherford
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Lance Sergeant Archibald Roy Rutherford
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 210 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY Japan
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