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• Name BRUCE
• Initials WR
• First name WILLIAM RUFUS
• Place of birth Albany
• Country Western Australia
• Family Son of John Rufus Bruce and Alice Amelia Bruce; eldest brother C. J. Bruce
• Profession Civil servant

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 11 September 1916, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
• Service number 3044
• Rank Private
• Medals 1914/15 Star Medal, Victory Medal, British War Medal
• Regiment and unit 48th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Division - Brigade 12th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 4th Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarked Fremantle 9 November 1916; to France 4 June 1917

Death

• Wounded 29 September 1917
• Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds legs, n°10 CCS
• Date of death 29 September 1917
• Died at the age of 21
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXV - B - 14

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