'On the night of the 5th and 6th of June 1917, he went with his car several times through the heavily gassed area along the Red Lodge/Petit Pont Road, when it was heavily shelled by high explosive and gas shells. With the Car Driver he took stretchers to the dug outs of the Battery at T.23 b. and carried cases to his car and brought then protected from gas to the Dressing Station. This Wagon Orderly has never been untiring when calls from heavily shelled battery area have been made.'
Source: London Gazette
Date: 16 August 1917

Regimental number	3/1793
Occupation	Grain merchant
Next of kin	Father, J G Rutherford, Orakei Road, Remuera, Auckland
Rank on embarkation	Private
Unit name	New Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, No 2 Field Ambulance
Embarkation details	Unit embarked from Wellington on 5 February 1916
Medals	Military Medal 'On the night of the 5th and 6th of June 1917, he went with his car several times through the heavily gassed area along the Red Lodge/Petit Pont Road, when it was heavily shelled by high explosive and gas shells. With the Car Driver he took stretchers to the dug outs of the Battery at T.23 b. and carried cases to his car and brought then protected from gas to the Dressing Station. This Wagon Orderly has never been untiring when calls from heavily shelled battery area have been made.' Source: London Gazette Date: 16 August 1917
Sources	Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 24, p. 36