Cecil Leonard BRUCE

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Service Number:	WX30502
Enlisted:	18 July 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Australian Army Service Corps
Born:	Bunbury, Western Australia, 13 May 1919
Home Town:	Busselton, Western Australia
Occupation:	Butcher from Busselton WA
Died:	Gunshot wound to head - self inflicted, New Guinea, 1 April 1945, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery Originally Buried Aitape War Cememtery Papua New Guinea. When the cemetery at Aitape was closed the remains were exhumed and transported to be interned in Wewak. The Wewak War Cemetery was closed in November 1946 and the remains were then moved to Lae War Cemetery for their final internment. Grave Reference PP.C.14 , Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Busselton Cenotaph Victoria Square

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3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, WX30502
18 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Private, WX30502, Australian Army Service Corps
18 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX30502

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