Regimental number | 6472 |
Place of birth | Wagga Wagga New South Wales |
School | Primary Public School, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Carpenter |
Address | Morgan Street, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Next of kin | Father, G Bruce, Morgan Street, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 3rd Battalion, 21st Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/20/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Name given on RoH circular as Charles James Gordon BRUCE. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Menin Road, Ypres, Belgium |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 27 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 27 |
Place of burial | Tyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XLIV, Row F, Grave No. 14), Passchendaele, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 35 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: George and Jane BRUCE, Morgan Street, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Brother: 1011 Corporal John Ernest Alexander BRUCE, 24th Bn, killed in action, Walencourt, Somme sector, France, 25 February 1917. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |