
BRUCE, Arthur Edward
Service Number: | 1639 |
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Enlisted: | 30 November 1915, Narrabri, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Dubbo, New South Wales, 20 October 1884 |
Home Town: | Dubbo, Dubbo Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Dubbo Public School |
Occupation: | Station hand |
Died: | Died of wounds (gas), France, 24 April 1918, aged 33 years |
Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dubbo District School Honor Roll |
Biography contributed by John Edwards
Son of Robert Bruce and Julia Bruce (nee Monico) - Jennifer Bruce
"BRUCE. — In loving memory of our dear son, Private Arthur Edward Bruce, who died in France from gas poisoning on April 24th, 1918.
Somewhere in France they have laid him,
Our soldier so brave and to true;
He fought for our freedom and liberty,
He died 'neath the red, white and blue.
"At Rest." - Inserted by his loving father and step-mother, Robert and Emma Bruce, Trangie." - from the Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate 14 May 1918 (nla.gov.au)