BRUCE, Ernest John

Service Number –   4073.

Rank –    Private.

Unit / Division –   28th  Battalion.

Enlistment Date –   13/14  December  1915.

Address on Enlistment –   Merredin,  W. A.

Occupation on Enlistment –   Butcher.

Next of Kin on Enlistment –   Father-  Eugene  Bruce,  Wellington  Street,  Bunbury,  W. A.

 

Religion –   Church  Of  England.

Embarkation Details –   From  Fremantle  on  1  April  1916  on  HMAT  A38  “ Ulysses “.

KIA / Mortally Wounded –

Date –   2  September  1918.

Place –   Mont  St  Quentin,  France.

Age at Death –   24.

Burial Location / Commemoration Details –   Fouquescourt  British  Cemetery,  Somme,  France ( Plot  111,  Row  BB,  Grave  No. 5 ).

Panel Number, Roll of Honour (Australian War Memorial) –   112.