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Barkeeper ALEXANDER OLIVER RUSK

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Merchant Navy

S.S. "Duchess of Richmond" (London)

Date of Death

Died 03 May 1942

Age 54 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAPE TOWN (MAITLAND) CEMETERY

Sec. 3. Grave 76441A.

South Africa

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alex and Mary Rusk, of Liverpool; husband of Ida Rusk, of Bootle, Merseyside, England.

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Buried or commemorated at

CAPE TOWN (MAITLAND) CEMETERY
Western Cape South Africa
Number of casualties: 1498
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