SLOSS, Bruce Moses Farquhar
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 21 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 10th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | South Yarra, Victoria, Australia, 21 January 1889 |
| Home Town: | Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 4 January 1917, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres IV C 6 |
| Memorials: | Albert Park South Melbourne & Sydney Swans Football Club Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Malvern Presbyterian Church Honour Roll (Marble) |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 27 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 10th Machine Gun Company, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 27 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 10th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 8 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 10th Machine Gun Company | |
| 4 Jan 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 10th Machine Gun Company |
Bruce Sloss South Melbourne Footballer.
1907-1914 Bruce Sloss played three games for Essendon and eighty one for South Melbourne kicking forty four goals.
Submitted 12 April 2017 by Steve Berry
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Bruce Moses Farquhar SLOSS was born on 21st January, 1889
His parents were James David SLOSS and Christina McKENZIE
Three of his siblings also served in WW1 - all returned to Australia
1. Roy SLOSS (SN 124)
2. James McKenzie SLOSS (SN 11)
3. John Stewart SLOSS (SN 8219)
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
LIEUT. BRUCE SLOSS KILLED
Deep, regret is felt in Melbourne football circles at the. official intimation of the death in action, in France, of Lieut. Bruce Sloss. Sloss was a great footballer, and in his prime at the moment of enlistment! But beyond that, he was high-class sportsman, a credit not only to the Red and Whites of South Melbourne, but to his country. A fine physical specimen, bloss was a tireless follower, and his death means the stoppage of a bright career. He belonged to the 10th Machine Gun Company,and had two brothers at the front (one of whom is a prisoner in Turkey). By a sad co-incidence, the photograph of Sloss tossing for ends in the first Australian game in England appeared in The Referee last week, six days after the young hero met his death. A Memorial Service was held in the Malvern Presbyterian Church last Sunday.
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