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Son of 0. C. and Juanita M. Rucker, of Bedford, Virginia, U.S.A.
Digital gallery of Private Barrington Rucker
Digital gallery of
Private Barrington Rucker
"Died of Wounds" (Gunshot Wound right and left Eyes and Head) at No. 1 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples.
Note that a news article exists in Fort William Daily Times Journal, 14 Jan 1916 titled "Fort William Doctor Takes Bullet From Brain Of Soldier Who Regains Health After Remarkable Operation" relating to Major John G. Hunt and Private Rucker. in the article Pte. Rucker survives. The following keywords are present: Great War ; World War I ; WWI ; Major John G. Hunt ; Fort William resident/doctor ; Army Medical Corps ; Preforms operation on Pte. Rucker ; 18th Battalion ; No.1 Canadian Military Hospital.
Digital gallery of
Private Barrington Rucker
From the London Free Press December 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Barrington Rucker
From the London Free Press December 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Image gallery
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"Died of Wounds" (Gunshot Wound right and left Eyes and Head) at No. 1 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples. Note that a news article exists in Fort William Daily Times Journal, 14 Jan 1916 titled "Fort William Doctor Takes Bullet From Brain Of Soldier Who Regains Health After Remarkable Operation" relating to Major John G. Hunt and Private Rucker. in the article Pte. Rucker survives. The following keywords are present: Great War ; World War I ; WWI ; Major John G. Hunt ; Fort William resident/doctor ; Army Medical Corps ; Preforms operation on Pte. Rucker ; 18th Battalion ; No.1 Canadian Military Hospital.
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From the London Free Press December 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the London Free Press December 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Commemorated on:
Page 35 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Etaples Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.
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