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Military service
Service number:
C/5215
Age:
28
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
November 19, 1915
Belleville, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 21, 1940
Picton, Ontario
Death:
December 17, 1943
Italy
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. F. 3.
Additional information
Son of Canniff Algernon and Ina née Buchanan Ruttan. Husband of Ruby Irene Ruttan, and father of Dale of Port Hope, Ontario. Father of Dale Terrance and brother to Robert Bruce.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp.
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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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