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BRUCE, George Edward Begg

Service Number:	4495
Enlisted:	29 August 1916, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia, January 1892
Home Town:	Adelong, Tumut Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farrier
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 5 April 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No 1, Doullens, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

29 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4495, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
25 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 4495, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
25 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 4495, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
8 Jul 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
20 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4495, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), G.S.W Face
5 Apr 1918:	Involvement Private, 4495, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4495 awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-05

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Biography contributed by Zidane McNamara