The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Carruthers
- First Name:
- Raymond Francis
- Nick Name:
- Ray or Bones
- Rank:
- Private
- Regimental #:
- WX7325
- Company:
- 'B' Company, Platoon 8.
- Enlisted:
- 6.08.1940
- DOB:
- 1.01.1920
- Place of Birth:
- Subiaco, Western Australia
- Father's Name:
- James Victor Carruthers
- Mothers's Name:
- Lucy Carruthers
- Religion:
- Roman Catholic
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Labourer
- Memorial:
- Kranji War Cemetery, Special Memorial 'C', Plot , Row E, Grave 11, Age 22.
- Cause of Death:
- Killed in Action
- Place of Death:
- On a slope about 300 yards from Mandai Road
- Date of Death:
- 11.02.1942
General Description
8 Platoon: R E Carruthers, D N Russell, G H Edwards, J A Taylor (A Coy HQ) and L H Lee.
With Platoon 8 under the command of MacKinnon, Ray was KIA on 11 February 1942 aged 22 years with three others. Sgt and second-in-command Richard Sandilands, Ronald Smith and Don Day were withdrawing from Mandai Road.
Please go to ‘Jocka’ Skelton’s history to read further.
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Above Map showing where 27th Australian Brigade was located which ‘B’ Company, 8 Platoon was supporting. You can see village of Mandai and Mandai Road extending eastwards.
Ray was the eldest of eight children born to James and Lucy Carruthers.
Below: Ray Carruthers mother Lucy died November 1941.
Officially the Carruthers family were informed at end of Marc 1946 of Ray’s death on 11th Feb 1942.
