BRUCE, Robert John
| Service Number: | 1865 |
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| 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 |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1865, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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