Bruce Moses Farquhar SLOSS

SLOSS, Bruce Moses Farquhar

Service Number: Officer
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
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Memorials: Albert Park South Melbourne & Sydney Swans Football Club Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Malvern Presbyterian Church Honour Roll (Marble)
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World War 1 Service

21 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Melbourne, Victoria
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.

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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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