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Hyman Rutstein of the Jewish Battalion
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Private Hyman Rutstein 1918

Private Hyman Rutstein was born on 3 July 1886 in Kovno, Lithuania and emigrated to England in 1905. He was a watchmaker and worked as a jeweller on Mile End Road, London. He joined the Labour Corps attached to the 38th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers in 1918

 

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