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DRUCE, Edward George
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6579 |
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| 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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6579, Show Ground Camp, Sydney | |
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| 24 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 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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