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Bruce A C Pte 789

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Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918 

 

 

Bruce, Alexander Coad    22 Inf Bn    Aged 26    Clerk    Single   Pres    

Address: Essendon, Collins St, 55    

Next of Kin Bruce, Charles, father, 55 Collins St, Essendon       

Enlisted: 17 Feb 1915        

Embarked: A38 Ulysses 10 May 1915                                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

Sergt. A C. Bruce, 22nd Battalion, late  6th Infantry Brigade, Headquarters Staff, only son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Bruce, of Collins street, Essendon, is reported wounded in France. 

Advertising. (1918, January 4). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Morning.. Retrieved June 1, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74604693

 

 

 

BRUCE, A C, Sgt "D" Coy, 22nd Batt; s of Charles and Kate Bruce, 55 Collins St, Essendon: b at Eaglehawk, Bendigo, Sept 28 1888; educ Essendon SS; clerk; enl Melb, Feb 5 1915.  War service: Egypt on board H M T "Southland", when torpedoed: Gallipoli (Evacuation; ptd to Hqrs staff, postal); France (trsfd to 3rd Bgde).

 

All-Australian Memorial - Victoria,  Australia's Fighting Families p 59

 

 

Mentioned in Correspondence

Letter from the Royal Hotel, Essendon, to Henry Wright, 1915

 

War Service Commemorated

Essendon Town Hall A-F

Essendon State School

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours

North Essendon Methodist Church

St John's Presbyterian Church

Welcome Home 7 Nov 1918

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