BRUCE, Roderick Malcolm Livingstone
| Service Numbers: | 1783, 114, 5790 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 August 1914, Thursday Island, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Germanton (Holbrook), New South Wales, Australia, 20 November 1883 |
| Home Town: | Holbrook, Greater Hume Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Holbrook Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, France, 13 April 1918, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Aug 1914: | Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 1783, Thursday Island, Queensland | |
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| 18 Sep 1914: | Discharged Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 1783, Townsville, Queensland | |
| 21 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 114, 15th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 114, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 114, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 114, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 5790, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5790, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5790, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, 5790, 17th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, gunshot wounds received when a German shell exploded near him while his unit was near Gentelles, Somme | |
| 13 Apr 1918: | Involvement 5790, 17th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Roderick Malcolm Livingstone BRUCE was born in Germanton, New South Wales on 20th November, 1883
His parents were James BRUCE & Harriet FENNELL who married in NSW in 1864 (registered in Albury)
He first enlisted on 21st September, 1914 and embarked with the 15th Infantry Battalion from Melbourne on the ship Ceramic on 22nd December, 1914 - he returned to Australia due to illness and was discharged on 25th January, 1915
He enlisted again on 31st March, 1916 and embarked with the 17th Infantry Battalion, 16th reinforcements from Sydney on the ship Ceramic on 7th October, 1916
Roderick died of wounds on 13th April, 1918 - no known grave - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Villers Bretonneux Memorial
IN MEMORY
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