Bruce Ivan Edward MARLAY

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MARLAY, Bruce Ivan Edward

Service Number:	386
Enlisted:	22 February 1915, Place of Enlistment, Toowoomba, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Roma, Queensland, Australia, 22 September 1895
Home Town:	Dalby, Western Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Toowoomba Grammar School. Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in the Nakanai Massacre, while prospecting for Gold , Nakanai, New Guinea , 26 October 1926, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Dalby St. John's Anglican Church Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

22 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 386, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Place of Enlistment, Toowoomba, Queensland.
2 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 386, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
2 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 386, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Borda, Brisbane
30 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 11th Light Horse Regiment, GSW to Foot
17 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 386, 11th Light Horse Regiment

Bruce Marley's Cowded Thirty Years.

LIFE OF ADVENTURE Bruce Marley's Crowded 30 Years. Wednesday. — Mr Bruce Marley, who was one of the party of gold-seekers killed by natives in New Britain, had an adventurous career. His uncle, Mr R. D. Doyle, Welfare Officer of the New Settlers' League, said today that Marlay, who was 30 years of age, was educated at Toowoomba Grammar School, and at the ago of 17 enlisted in the 11th Light Horse, He saw service from the beginning to tho end of the Egyptian and Palestine campaigns. Returning to Australia, ho spent several years at Victoria Downs Station, Northern Territory — the largest cattle station In the world, with an area of nearly 15,000 squaro miles. Later he joined the Expropriation Board as plantation manager in New Guinea, His thorough knowledge of native conditions wus recognised, and ho had many offers to go to tho gold-fields, to which eventually he decided to go. Mr Ken Marlay, mentioned in last night's account of tho New Guinea murders, is at present at 'Salnmon, New Guinea.. He is on his way to Edio Creek goldfields.

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