Bruce Alexander BETHUNE

BETHUNE, Bruce Alexander

Service Number: VX120993
Enlisted: 24 December 1942
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 24/39 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born: Lilydale, Victoria, Australia., 8 September 1923
Home Town: Seville, Yarra Ranges, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Dairy Farmer / Farm Labourer
Died: Injuries (Caught in flood waters.), New Guinea, 14 October 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
(CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot D. Row B. Grave 2. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE...HIS MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND HE LOVED".
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Seville War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, VX120993
24 Dec 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX120993, 24/39 Infantry Battalion AMF

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Archibald Malcolm and Dorothy Bethune, of Seville, Victoria.

HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE...HIS MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND HE LOVED