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Military service
Service number:
L/13233
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
South Saskatchewan Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
June 24, 1916
Medicine Hat, Alberta
Enlistment:
June 26, 1940
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
August 19, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 2 Column 1.
Additional information
Son of William H. and Jessie R. Rushmer, of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
Brother of Lance Sergeant Matthew Rushmer, who died while serving with the Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G.).
Digital gallery of Private John Spencer Rushmer
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Brookwood Memorial
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Photo of John Spencer Rushmer
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Photo of JOHN SPENCER RUSHMER
Photo was found in John's service file. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of JOHN SPENCER RUSHMER
Photo was found in John's service file. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of JOHN SPENCER RUSHMER
Photo was found in John's service file. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
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Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
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Document
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Photo of JOHN SPENCER RUSHMER
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of JOHN SPENCER RUSHMER
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Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leaser Post September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Spencer Rushmer
Digital gallery of
Private John Spencer Rushmer
Digital gallery of
Private John Spencer Rushmer
Digital gallery of
Private John Spencer Rushmer
Digital gallery of
Private John Spencer Rushmer
Digital gallery of
Private John Spencer Rushmer
Digital gallery of
Private John Spencer Rushmer
Digital gallery of
Private John Spencer Rushmer
Digital gallery of
Private John Spencer Rushmer
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 111 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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