BRUCE, Roy Henry
| Service Number: | 2787 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 June 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kelso, New South Wales, 27 October 1891 |
| Home Town: | Burringbar, Tweed, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Lismore Public School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 23 August 1918, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Heath Cemetery, Picardie Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2787, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 30 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2787, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2787, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 8 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
| 24 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2787, 4th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW (right arm) | |
| 8 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
| 23 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2787, 4th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2787 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-08-23 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Son of Henry Bruce and Caroline Maude Bruce (nee Plummer) - Jennifer Bruce
"KILLED IN ACTION. SERGEANT ROY BRUCE.
News has just been received of the death of Sergeant Roy Bruce, who was killed in action in France on the 23rd August. Roy Bruce was the youngest son of the last Mr. Henry Bruce, and was born at Carwinyan, Kelso, 26 years ago. He left as a private in D Coy, 4th Batt. A.I.F., in October, 1915, and was wounded at Pozieres in 1916. His parents left Kelso nearly 20 years ago for Lismore, where his father died. His mother's home is at present at Minto, on the southern line. For the soldier lad himself we can only have feelings of admiration; for him there is nothing to regret. He went because, being a man, "he had to go". He is one of 52,000 Australian boys who have given their lives rather than deny their manhood. Their motive may have been dim and unformulated; but now they see and understand. What they cannot understand is the selfish apathy of those who can stand calmly looking on, while this great struggle with the powers of evil is in progress, and do nothing. For the brave mother, who uncomplainingly gave her lad to die for his country, and for the many stricken relatives who to-day mourn their loss, our hearts go out in sympathy. They will find their truest comfort in knowing that "the souls of the righteous are in the hands of God." These lads left their homes to face dangers and death because they believed it was the right thing to do — that is why we class them among the "righteous," and that is why we feel sorry for those who have apparently no pride, no honor, no patriotism, worth mentioning." - from the Bathurst Times 16 Sep 1918 (nla.gov.au)
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