Bruce McKenzie FOULIS

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FOULIS, Bruce McKenzie

Service Number:	2870
Enlisted:	25 January 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	3rd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Wilmington, South Australia, 17 January 1891
Home Town:	Malvern, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Surveyor
Died:	Coronary Disease, Adelaide, South Australia, 2 March 1948, aged 57 years
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials:	Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

25 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2870, Adelaide, South Australia
27 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2870, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: SS Walwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
27 Jul 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2870, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, SS Walwa, Adelaide
15 May 1919:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2870

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Biography contributed by Paul Roberts

Bruce Mckenzie Foulis served as a sergeant in the 1st Machine Gunners Squadron in the 3rd Light Horse in WW1. He served abroad for 2 years and 33 days with his total service being 3 years and 199 days.

Prior to enlistment he was a surveyor working on GO GO Station in the Kimberley Rangers and had excellent skills riding a horse.

After the war he was employed on Corona Station near Brokel Hill as an Overseer. His brother Irvine was manager of the Station.

After his marrige in 1923 he managed Minburra Staton for the Forresters, then in 1926 he moved to manage the Andamooka Partoral Company until 1944. Whilst in Andamooka he was the man who identified the coloured sandstones found by Sam Brooks and his brother-in-law Royy Shepherd, as being opal.

Bruce was eventually appointed to the position of Pastoral Inspector for the South Australian Governemnt, which he held until his death in 1948.

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