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Roy Andrew BRUCE

Regimental number1723
Place of birthBroken Hill New South Wales
SchoolState School, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationBarman
AddressEgan Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs Sarah Bruce, cnr Egan and Mile Streets, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Enlistment date17 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name44th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/61/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 6 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 30 October 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death24
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot VI, Row F, Grave No. 12), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
112
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Andrew and Sarah BRUCE, Egan Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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