BRUCE, Charles James Gordon
| Service Number: | 6472 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 April 1916, Cootamundra, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Wagga Wagga Public Primary School, Wagga Wagga High School |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 21 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium XLIV Row F Grave 14 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wagga Wagga Cenotaph, Wagga Wagga Victory Memorial Arch |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6472, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Cootamundra, NSW | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6472, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6472, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 9 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 6472, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Rejoins his unit on the Western Front, France. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Aberfoyle Park High School
6472 Private Charles James Gordon Bruce of the 3rd Battalion was a carpenter from Coleman Street, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales prior to enlistment. He embarked from Sydney on the 7th of October 1916 aboard HMAT Ceramic for Plymouth, England. Following training in England Pte. Bruce joined his unit on the Western Front, France, on the 14th of March 1917. He was hospitalised on the 19th of May 1917 as a result of accidental wounding and rejoined his unit on 9 June 1917. Pte Bruce was killed in action by a shell near Ypres, Belgium, on the 21st of September 1917 aged at 25 years. He was buried at Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial (AWM).
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of George and Jane Bruce, of Morgan St., Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
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