Age: 27 years old.
Memorial (Work in Progress May 2021).
On Andrew's Birth Certificate it notes that he is registered at both Dalton and 'District of Birth... Canongate', Edinburgh, Scotland.
Born: Edinburgh, (12 Royal Terrace), Midlothian, Scotland at 11h 30m PM.
Son of Francis John & Olive Christina Johnstone (Douglas) Carruthers.
Father's occupation: Landed Proprietor & Major (Military Service, War Office).
Parents were married: 20.12.1905, Edinburgh, Midlotyhian, Scotland.
Home Address: Dormont, Dalton, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
The informant on Andrew BC was Katherine Nisbet, nurse in attendance, present.
Address: Wdinburgh, (31 Warrender Park Terrace), Midlothian, Scotland.
Registered:
21.2.1918: Edinburgh - (Signed) John Jamieson. Registrar.
25.2.1918: Dalton - (Transcribed at Dalton) P.C Copland, Registrar.
Husband of Emily Marguerite (Edwards) Carruthers.
Married: October 1941 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
A.H. CARRUTHERS, PTE. V.D.F. MALAYA.
Andrew Henry Carruthers – age 27 – Civilian, Federated States of Malaya Volunteer Force.
Andrew was educated at Wellington College in Berkshire and worked for Bousteads & Co. Ltd. (East Indian Merchants) and latterly was an announcer for the Malaysian Broadcasting Corporation in Singapore.
He and his wife escaped from Singapore but their ship was bombed and beached on Banka Island. He died from cerebral malaria and beri-beri in a civilian internment camp at Palembang in Sumatra. His wife, who was held in the women's section of the same camp, survived.
Died on 1 September 1945 and buried in Labut Lengau, Sumatra but re-interred in Djakarta War Cemetery, Indonesia.
Also named on the Dalton Parish Church memorial.
Andrew's brothers William Nigel and Michael George were also POWs of the Japanese but survived.
(Source: D&G Standard 10/10/1945 p.4)
Andrew Henry Carruthers
CARRUTHERS, A. H. [Andrew Henry] Assistant, Bousteads & Co. Ltd / MBC Broadcaster. Left Singapore on the Siang Wo 11.2.42. Palembang, Sumatra internee. Died in captivity 9.1.45 [27] Belalau, Sumatra. *(Sept 1st, 1945).
For Additional Information please also read:
http://muntokpeacemuseum.org/?page_id=680
Memorial (Work in Progress May 2021).
On Andrew's Birth Certificate it notes that he is registered at both Dalton and 'District of Birth... Canongate', Edinburgh, Scotland.
Born: Edinburgh, (12 Royal Terrace), Midlothian, Scotland at 11h 30m PM.
Son of Francis John & Olive Christina Johnstone (Douglas) Carruthers.
Father's occupation: Landed Proprietor & Major (Military Service, War Office).
Parents were married: 20.12.1905, Edinburgh, Midlotyhian, Scotland.
Home Address: Dormont, Dalton, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
The informant on Andrew BC was Katherine Nisbet, nurse in attendance, present.
Address: Wdinburgh, (31 Warrender Park Terrace), Midlothian, Scotland.
Registered:
21.2.1918: Edinburgh - (Signed) John Jamieson. Registrar.
25.2.1918: Dalton - (Transcribed at Dalton) P.C Copland, Registrar.
Husband of Emily Marguerite (Edwards) Carruthers.
Married: October 1941 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
A.H. CARRUTHERS, PTE. V.D.F. MALAYA.
Andrew Henry Carruthers – age 27 – Civilian, Federated States of Malaya Volunteer Force.
Andrew was educated at Wellington College in Berkshire and worked for Bousteads & Co. Ltd. (East Indian Merchants) and latterly was an announcer for the Malaysian Broadcasting Corporation in Singapore.
He and his wife escaped from Singapore but their ship was bombed and beached on Banka Island. He died from cerebral malaria and beri-beri in a civilian internment camp at Palembang in Sumatra. His wife, who was held in the women's section of the same camp, survived.
Died on 1 September 1945 and buried in Labut Lengau, Sumatra but re-interred in Djakarta War Cemetery, Indonesia.
Also named on the Dalton Parish Church memorial.
Andrew's brothers William Nigel and Michael George were also POWs of the Japanese but survived.
(Source: D&G Standard 10/10/1945 p.4)
Andrew Henry Carruthers
CARRUTHERS, A. H. [Andrew Henry] Assistant, Bousteads & Co. Ltd / MBC Broadcaster. Left Singapore on the Siang Wo 11.2.42. Palembang, Sumatra internee. Died in captivity 9.1.45 [27] Belalau, Sumatra. *(Sept 1st, 1945).
For Additional Information please also read:
http://muntokpeacemuseum.org/?page_id=680
Age: 27 years old.
Memorial (Work in Progress May 2021).
On Andrew's Birth Certificate it notes that he is registered at both Dalton and 'District of Birth... Canongate', Edinburgh, Scotland.
Born: Edinburgh, (12 Royal Terrace), Midlothian, Scotland at 11h 30m PM.
Son of Francis John & Olive Christina Johnstone (Douglas) Carruthers.
Father's occupation: Landed Proprietor & Major (Military Service, War Office).
Parents were married: 20.12.1905, Edinburgh, Midlotyhian, Scotland.
Home Address: Dormont, Dalton, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
The informant on Andrew BC was Katherine Nisbet, nurse in attendance, present.
Address: Wdinburgh, (31 Warrender Park Terrace), Midlothian, Scotland.
Registered:
21.2.1918: Edinburgh - (Signed) John Jamieson. Registrar.
25.2.1918: Dalton - (Transcribed at Dalton) P.C Copland, Registrar.
Husband of Emily Marguerite (Edwards) Carruthers.
Married: October 1941 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
A.H. CARRUTHERS, PTE. V.D.F. MALAYA.
Andrew Henry Carruthers – age 27 – Civilian, Federated States of Malaya Volunteer Force.
Andrew was educated at Wellington College in Berkshire and worked for Bousteads & Co. Ltd. (East Indian Merchants) and latterly was an announcer for the Malaysian Broadcasting Corporation in Singapore.
He and his wife escaped from Singapore but their ship was bombed and beached on Banka Island. He died from cerebral malaria and beri-beri in a civilian internment camp at Palembang in Sumatra. His wife, who was held in the women's section of the same camp, survived.
Died on 1 September 1945 and buried in Labut Lengau, Sumatra but re-interred in Djakarta War Cemetery, Indonesia.
Also named on the Dalton Parish Church memorial.
Andrew's brothers William Nigel and Michael George were also POWs of the Japanese but survived.
(Source: D&G Standard 10/10/1945 p.4)
Andrew Henry Carruthers
CARRUTHERS, A. H. [Andrew Henry] Assistant, Bousteads & Co. Ltd / MBC Broadcaster. Left Singapore on the Siang Wo 11.2.42. Palembang, Sumatra internee. Died in captivity 9.1.45 [27] Belalau, Sumatra. *(Sept 1st, 1945).
For Additional Information please also read:
http://muntokpeacemuseum.org/?page_id=680
Memorial (Work in Progress May 2021).
On Andrew's Birth Certificate it notes that he is registered at both Dalton and 'District of Birth... Canongate', Edinburgh, Scotland.
Born: Edinburgh, (12 Royal Terrace), Midlothian, Scotland at 11h 30m PM.
Son of Francis John & Olive Christina Johnstone (Douglas) Carruthers.
Father's occupation: Landed Proprietor & Major (Military Service, War Office).
Parents were married: 20.12.1905, Edinburgh, Midlotyhian, Scotland.
Home Address: Dormont, Dalton, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
The informant on Andrew BC was Katherine Nisbet, nurse in attendance, present.
Address: Wdinburgh, (31 Warrender Park Terrace), Midlothian, Scotland.
Registered:
21.2.1918: Edinburgh - (Signed) John Jamieson. Registrar.
25.2.1918: Dalton - (Transcribed at Dalton) P.C Copland, Registrar.
Husband of Emily Marguerite (Edwards) Carruthers.
Married: October 1941 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
A.H. CARRUTHERS, PTE. V.D.F. MALAYA.
Andrew Henry Carruthers – age 27 – Civilian, Federated States of Malaya Volunteer Force.
Andrew was educated at Wellington College in Berkshire and worked for Bousteads & Co. Ltd. (East Indian Merchants) and latterly was an announcer for the Malaysian Broadcasting Corporation in Singapore.
He and his wife escaped from Singapore but their ship was bombed and beached on Banka Island. He died from cerebral malaria and beri-beri in a civilian internment camp at Palembang in Sumatra. His wife, who was held in the women's section of the same camp, survived.
Died on 1 September 1945 and buried in Labut Lengau, Sumatra but re-interred in Djakarta War Cemetery, Indonesia.
Also named on the Dalton Parish Church memorial.
Andrew's brothers William Nigel and Michael George were also POWs of the Japanese but survived.
(Source: D&G Standard 10/10/1945 p.4)
Andrew Henry Carruthers
CARRUTHERS, A. H. [Andrew Henry] Assistant, Bousteads & Co. Ltd / MBC Broadcaster. Left Singapore on the Siang Wo 11.2.42. Palembang, Sumatra internee. Died in captivity 9.1.45 [27] Belalau, Sumatra. *(Sept 1st, 1945).
For Additional Information please also read:
http://muntokpeacemuseum.org/?page_id=680
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