Edward George DRUCE

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Service Number:	6579
Enlisted:	20 November 1916, Show Ground Camp, Sydney
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 10 August 1881
Home Town:	Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 8 October 1917, aged 36 years
Cemetery:	Divisional Collecting Post Cemetery and Extension
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

20 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6579, Show Ground Camp, Sydney
24 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion
24 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 6579, 20th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
24 Jan 1917:	Embarked Private, 6579, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney
24 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 20th Infantry Battalion
8 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6579, 20th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele

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