Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Rutter, Walter Leonard

Born 27^th September 1880 Port Sorell Tasmania the son of Thomas and Sarah Rutter (nee Cocker) married to Helena O’Donnell a farmer he embarked Melbourne 29^th March 1916 on board RMS Orontes with the 12^th Infantry Battalion.

For some years he had been living in New Zealand where he married in 1913 and had three children but returned to Tasmania when war broke out and volunteered here. His nickname “Snowie” was for how dark in skin colour he was.

He was killed in action 19^th August 1916 at Moquet Farm when he was hit by a shell and buried where he fell. He is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France.

At Lower Barrington news was received on Saturday of the death of Walter Rutter who was well known on the coast as a musician and sportsman. As a footballer he was prominent as a member of the North v South teams and also a member of the Tasmanian interstate team on the mainland

The Weekly Courier 5^th October 1916

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