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Military service
Service number:
R/54101
Age:
21
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
15 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
July 11, 1920
Montreal, Québec
Enlistment:
June 28, 1940
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
March 9, 1942
Uchelen, Netherlands
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 4. Grave 148.
Additional information
Son of Orrin Victor Carruthers and Beulah Otta Ford of Ottawa, Ontario.
Brother of Flight Sergeant Ford Ross Carruthers, R-96134, who lost his life in action on June 6, 1942 in Duisburg, Germany, while serving with No. 12 Squadron RAF.
He had service in Canada and Great Britain. He had 620 days of service, including 339 days overseas.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Carl Stuart Carruthers
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Carl Stuart Carruthers is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Carl Stuart Carruthers is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
Source: Globe and Mail November 3, 1942 -
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Memorial
The memorial tablet at Dominion Chalmers United Church in Ottawa is dedicated to the Men of the Congregation of Chalmers United Church whose lives were sacrificed in World War II.
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Carl Stuart Carruthers
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Carl Stuart Carruthers
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Carl Stuart Carruthers
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Carl Stuart Carruthers
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Carl Stuart Carruthers
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Carl Stuart Carruthers
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Carl Stuart Carruthers
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Carl Stuart Carruthers
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Carl Stuart Carruthers
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