BRUCE, Oswald
| Service Numbers: | 430, 4032 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kahibah, New South Wales, Australia, 20 November 1893 |
| Home Town: | Adamstown, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Public School, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Mining Surveyor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Longueval, France, 18 December 1916, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban Bernafay Wood British Cemetery (Row J, grave No. 73), Montauban, France, Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adamstown Methodist Church Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 430, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 12 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 430, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 12 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 430, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 28 Sep 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4032, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW left shoulder, or splinter from bomb casing | |
| 1 May 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Dec 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 17th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
105 years ago today, on the 18th December 1916, Corporal Oswald Bruce Sandgate Cemetery, also known as Osie, 4th Field Company, Australian Engineers (Reg Nos-430 & 4032), mining surveyor and clerk (New Lambton Colliery, N.S.W.), from 6 Morgan Street, Adamstown, New South Wales, was Killed in Action, age 23.
Born at Kahibah, New South Wales on the 20th November 1893 to Stewart (Stuart, died 1922) and Ann (died 1933) Bruce nee Cant, Osie enlisted March 1915 with the 17th Battalion at Liverpool, N.S.W.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137204386 - send-off.
Wounded in action - 28.9.1915 (GSW left shoulder, or splinter from bomb casing).
Osie is resting at Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban, France. Row J Grave 73.
Mr. Bruce’s name has been inscribed on the Adamstown Citizens' Memorial, Adamstown Methodist Church Honour Roll (27 names inscribed, 2 designated as having Fallen, 2nd unveil on the 20th June 1917 - 82 names now inscribed, 11 Fallen, 115 names now inscribed), Adamstown Mechanics Institute Roll of Honour, Cooks Hill Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Charlestown Public School Honor Roll and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at the Bruce gravesite in remembrance of their son’s service and supreme sacrifice during The Great War. METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) E SW. 23.
Half brother to James Cant (Second Lieutenant, 19th Battalion, KIA 3.5.1917 - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134870737) memorialised at the cemetery - METHODIST 2 (PRIMITIVE) 11 SE. 50.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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