Regimental number | 1668 |
Place of birth | Port Fairy, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Labourer |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 40 |
Height | 5' 9.5" |
Weight | 146 lbs |
Next of kin | Brother, William Henry Bruce, c/o Bruce & McClure, Warrnambool, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 21st Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/38/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 60th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Enlisted 15 March 1915 - 21st Bn, 2nd Reinforcements. Taken on strength, 60th Bn, 20 April 1916. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Fromelles, France |
Age at death | 42 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 19), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 169 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated in Tower Hill Cemetery, Victoria. Parents: Andrew (d. 26 August 1890, aged 59; bu. Tower Hill) and Nancy (d. 17 June 1892, aged 60; bu. Tower Hill) BRUCE |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 30 August 1915. Admitted to No 13 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 15 September 1915 (diarrhoea); transferred to No 1 Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, 19 September 1915 (gastro-enteritis); to No 3 Auxiliary Hospital, 24 September 1915; ro A&NZ Convalescent Hospital, Helouan, 4 October 1915. Found guilty, 5 March 1916, of being absent without leave from 5 am to 3 pm, 5 March 1916: awarded 2 days' confined to camp, and forfeited 1 day's pay. Taken on strength, 60th Bn, Duntroon Plateau, 20 April 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Reported Missing, 19 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'. Note on Red Cross File No 591204: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills 10-10-1919.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BRUCE Walter Douglas
Red Cross File No 591204 |