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Henry Homewood BRUCE

Regimental number865
Place of birthYaysturk, Victoria
SchoolState School, Woodford, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationTimber hewer
AddressNannup, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Bruce, 184 Leicester Street, Carlton, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the 5th Contingent, South African War.
Enlistment date7 September 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll20 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, H Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board Transport A11 Ascanius on 2 November 1914
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 29 July 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death36
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot IX, Row A, Grave No. 14A), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
61
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Malcolm and Janet BRUCE, 184 Leicester Street, Carlton, Victoria. Native of Woodford, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3602 Gunner Lindsay Charles BRUCE, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, killed in action, 23 May 1918.

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