Thomas Allison BRUCE

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BRUCE, Thomas Allison

Service Number:	280
Enlisted:	1 March 1916, Brisbane, Qld.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bowen, Queensland, Australia, 11 January 1889
Home Town:	Yandina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Proserpine Public School
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 29 March 1918, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Proserpine Cenotaph, Proserpine War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Yandina War Memorial

1 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 280, 7th Machine Gun Company, Brisbane, Qld.
1 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 280, 7th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
1 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 280, 7th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane
29 Mar 1918:	Involvement Private, 280, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 280 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-03-29

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Thomas BRUCE and Jane Ann nee WHITTAKER, of Yandina, Queensland.

A member of the original Masonic Fraternity in Proserpine - Anderson Lodge Proserpine -(Note Anderson Lodge went into darkness on the 7th March 1917, it is unknown if Bro Bruce joined another Lodge before his death, but he was serving overseas when this happened.)

Mrs. Bruce of Yandina, has received a cable stating that her son, Thomas Allison Bruce, was killed on the 27th ultimo. He was a popular resident and cane grower on Maroochy River.

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