Bruce Fawthrope PELVIN

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PELVIN, Bruce Fawthrope

Service Number:	1996
Enlisted:	15 January 1915
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Waimate, New Zealand, 10 May 1891
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Waimataitai School and Timaru High School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 4 September 1916, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

15 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1996
16 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1996, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
16 Apr 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1996, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
22 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1996, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
4 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1996, 49th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...1996 Private (later Corporal) Bruce Fawthrope Pelvin, 9th (later 49th) Battalion, of Toowoomba, Qld. Son of Alfred and Mary M. Pelvin, of Waimate, South Canterbury, New Zealand. A labourer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Brisbane aboard HMAT Kyarra (A55) on 16 April 1915. He was killed in action on 4 September 1916 near Pozieres, France, aged 25. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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