Walter Douglas BRUCE

BRUCE, Walter Douglas

    Service Number: 1668
    Enlisted: 15 March 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 60th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia, 1875
    Home Town: Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, Warrnambool Soldiers' Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    15 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1668, Depot Battalion , Melbourne, Victoria
    16 Jul 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1668, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
    16 Jul 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1668, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
    30 Aug 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1668, 21st Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for M.E.F Gallipoli per H.M.T. "Transylvania"
    8 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1668, 21st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    8 Sep 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1668, 21st Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Gallipoli, Turkey
    15 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1668, 21st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Admitted -- 13th Australian Casualty Clearing Station -- Diarrhoea -- Gallipoli
    19 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1668, 21st Infantry Battalion, Admitted -- No1 Australian General Hospital -- Dysentery
    24 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1668, 21st Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- No 3. Australian Auxiliary Hospital -- Gastro Enteritis -- Mena House
    4 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1668, 21st Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- A&NZ Convalencent Camp -- Dysentery -- Ghezireh
    5 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Overseas Base, T.O.S. from 21st Infantry Battalion -- Zeitoun
    20 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 21st Infantry Battalion
    18 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1668, 60th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Kinfauns Castle"
    29 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1668, 60th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1668, 60th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

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