Dorothy BRUCE

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Service Number:	VX47772
Enlisted:	11 July 1940
Last Rank:	Not yet discovered
Last Unit:	Australian Army Nursing Service WW2 (<1943)
Born:	Illowa, Victoria, Australia, 28 May 1903
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Upwey, Victoria, Australia, 19 July 1982, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne The remains were cremated and scattered.
Memorials:

11 Jul 1940:	Enlisted VX47772, Australian Army Nursing Service WW2 (<1943)
17 Apr 1946:	Discharged VX47772, Australian Army Nursing Service WW2 (<1943)

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Dorothy was the daughter of George Douglas Bruce and Matilda Bruce nee Baxter.

World War 2 Service:

11 Jul 1940 Enlisted VX47772, Australian Army Nursing Service - Staff Nurse. Served at the Australian General Hospital in Papua New Guinea

Promotions: Sister 15.7.1940; Sister G.P.I 1.12.1941; Captain (AIF) 23.3.1943.

17 Apr 1946 Discharged

Memorial: The Victorian Garden of Remembrance. There is also a Memorial for Dorothy at Tower Hill Cemetery with other Family Members.

Awarded the M.B.E. in 1965.