Robert John BRUCE

BRUCE, Robert John

Service Number: 1865
Enlisted: 15 January 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
Born: Port Arthur, Western Canada, 1889
Home Town: Warracknabeal, Yarriambiack, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Seaman
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 1 September 1915
Cemetery: Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli
Plot 11, Row B, Grave 43 Headstone inscription reads: Sunshine passes shadows fall, love and remembrance outlast all,
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Warracknabeal War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

15 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1865, Enlisted at Melbourne
14 Apr 1915: Involvement Private, 1865, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
14 Apr 1915: Embarked Private, 1865, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
26 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1865, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
1 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1865, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Lone Pine

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

There is some dispute to his place of birth. His enlistment papers states he was born it in Western Canada however this is a suggestion that he may have been born in Sweden.

He arrived in Australia from New Zealand and listed that he had no relatives. However when he made his Will he bequeathed all his property to his brother J. Newgreen of 275-57th Street, New York. It wasn't until the 1920's that his foster mother was made aware of his sibling

There is the possiblity that served in the Royal Navy but was discharged in Dunedin, New Zealand

Foster son of Elizabeth Ann Stubbs of Warracknabeal, Vic.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal issued to his foster mother Elizabeth Ann Stubbs of Warracknabeal

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