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BRUCE, Thomas Allison
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 280 |
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| 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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 1 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 280, 7th Machine Gun Company, Brisbane, Qld. | |
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| 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 |
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Add my storyBiography 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
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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