Bruce Eric SMYTH

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Service Number:	NX203371
Enlisted:	17 March 1944
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Bondi, New South Wales, Australia, 8 September 1925
Home Town:	Dover Heights, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk (Articled Law)
Died:	Killed in Action, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 15 April 1945, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 3. Row F. Grave 11. Inscription: "MILES ET PRO PATRIA". - (It is sweet and proper to die for one's country.)
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX203371
17 Mar 1944:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX203371, 24/39 Infantry Battalion AMF
15 Apr 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX203371, 24 Infantry Battalion AMF, Bougainville

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