GODFREE, Bruce Lyle
| Service Number: | 2147 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 May 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Pleasant, South Australia, 30 June 1897 |
| Home Town: | St Peters (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 28 June 1916, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery, Wallonie, Belgium La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery, La Plus Douve, Wallonie, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Angaston Congregational Church WW1 Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kent Town Prince Alfred College 'Nobly Striving, Nobly Fell' Roll of Honour, SA Caledonian Society Soldiers Memorial WW1 Honour Board, Springton War Memorial, St Peters Heroes War Memorial, St. Peters Baptist Church Memorial Building and Plaques, St. Peters Baptist Church Roll of Honour WW1, St. Peters East Adelaide Public School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 28 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2147, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 21 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2147, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2147, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Adelaide | |
| 14 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2147, 27th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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From Frank Mahieu is with Julie Reece.
On the anniversary of his death, a moment of remembrance for Pte. BRUCE LYLE GODFREE who was killed in action on 28 June 1916, aged only 19, while digging out a comrade who had been buried by a shell. Bruce was born in Mount Pleasant, South Australia and was the son of John F. and Florence A. Godfree. He served served with 27th Battalion AIF.
United in this remembrance with his relative and our friend Julie Reece.
Rest Gently for ever more in the soil of Flanders
We Will Remember Them
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Killed by enemy shell fire while digging out a fellow soldier who had been buried by a shell.
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