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BRUCE, James Durie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1524 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 16 July 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Parbroath, Fife, Scotland, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Logie and Boarhills Schools, Fife |
| Occupation: | Lengthsman (railwayman) |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Lesboeufs, France, 21 November 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Picardie Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Peronne, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1524, 31st Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 5 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Signaller, 1524, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Bakara embarkation_ship_number: A41 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Signaller, 1524, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Bakara, Melbourne | |
| 27 Jul 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 31st Infantry Battalion, Promoted to Corporal a week after the Battle of Fromelles | |
| 21 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1524, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1524 awm_unit: 31st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-11-21 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Baczynski
James Bruce was born in Fife, Scotland in 1889, the eldest of four sons and two daughters of James Bruce and Helen nee Durie. At the age of 21 he migrated to Australia and a year later his two brothers Robert Durie Bruce and John Durie Bruce followed him to Queensland. They worked for the Queeensland Railway Department. The fourth brother, William Bruce, enlisted in one of the Scottish regiments and also went to France in WWI.