LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Clifford Arthur RUTTER
Service No: 254545
Born: Sale VIC, 11 August 1907
Enlisted in the RAAF: 18 March 1940
Discharged from the RAAF: 25 February 1944
Unit at Discharge: No. 1 Operational Training Unit
Died: Illness, Melbourne VIC, 11 April 1946, Aged 38 Years
Cremated: Springvale Crematorium, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Alfred and Elsie F. Rutter; husband of Elsie Ethel Charlotte Rutter, of Mentone
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 112, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 25 February 1944, Flying Officer Rutter (Administrative and Special Duties) was discharged from the RAAF as medically unfit suffering from Tuberculosis.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9300, RUTTER C A