LADD, Bruce
| Service Number: | 19109 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 7th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | East Grinstead, Sussex, England, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Horsham Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Agent |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, France, 6 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Strand Military Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Wallonie, Belgium Pont-D'Achelles Military Cemetery, Nieppe, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 11 May 1916: | Involvement Bombardier, 19109, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 May 1916: | Embarked Bombardier, 19109, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 6 Jun 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 19109, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 19109 awm_unit: 7th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-06-06 |
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Bruce Ladd attended Horsham Grammar School and was born in 1887 East Grinstead Sussex, England. At Bruce’s peak growth he was measured as 5’9”, and weighed around 142 lbs. Mr. Ladd had brown eyes and brown hair.
It was upon his arrival to Australia when he was 21 years of age that Mr. Ladd would the live on ‘The Pah’, 1 Boyle Street Mosman in New South Wales. The position Bruce lived in New South Wales before he left is now an area of units for many people to live in. Bruce was single but known to work as an agent. Before his decision of Embarkation, Bruce served in Legions of Frontiersmen in Sydney. His other detailed remarks from his Roll of Honour is that he worked as a shipping clerk.
It was the 10th of January, 1916 when Bruce chose to enlist at the age of 28. On enlistment he was ranked as a Bombardier and his unit name was Field Artillery Brigade 7, Battery 28. His journey of war began from Sydney, aboard the HMAT A8 Argyllshire on the 11th of May 1916. The ships desired destination was in Portsmouth, England on July 11th. The reason for their landing in England was to train at Larkhill where the 23rd Howitzer Brigade was then abolished, to be allocated to the Brigade featuring Bruce himself. His Majesty’s Australian Transport Ships were a fleet of ships that was leased by the Commonwealth Government to transport the different AIF formations to the overseas chosen destinations. The A8 Argyllshire weighed over 10 thousand tons which could cruise up to 14 knots which is equivalent to 26 kilometres/h. The A8 was owned by the Scottish Shire Line Ltd.
His mother, Francis Ladd was still at this time in Grinstead Forest Road, Sussex of England and Bruce’s father was named James Alfred Ladd. It was in Messines, Belgium where Bruce Ladd’s journey through war would stop. During the battle Bruce Ladd was killed in action and his service number was 19109. On the 6th of June in 1917 and later would be located on the Roll of Honour at 15 in the Commemorative Area, at the official Australian War Memorial.