Charles
John
Bruce
Born in Longreach, Queensland, Australia
Ancestors 
Brother of
Robert William Bruce, Edward Henry Bruce, Vincent Joseph Bruce, Sidney Alexander Bruce, Robert Wallace Bruce, Emma Elizabeth Bruce, Annie Lydia (Bruce) Day, Aileen Walsh (Bruce) Bolton and Grace Isabell Bruce
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 20
in Belgium
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Aug 2021
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Biography
Charles Bruce is an Anzac who served in World War One.
Charles was born in 1896. He is the son of Henry Bruce and Annie Pearson.
Private Charles John Bruce enlisted into the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on the 10th of June 1916, though some records suggest this date should be the 16th of June 1916. His Next of Kin was listed as his father, Henry Sydney Bruce of Koorboona via Cairns, Queensland. Private Bruce was assigned to the 26th Battalion, 16th Reinforcements, and this unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A36 Boonah on the 21st of October 1916.
Private Bruce would continue to serve with the 26th Battalion until he was unfortunately Killed in Action on the 20th of September 1917 at the age of 20 years and 9 months. He has no known grave, but he is commemorated at the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium on Memorial (Panel 23).
Charles Bruce was Killed in Action during World War I.
Sources
- Queensland birth Registration #1897/C/16
- Queensland death Registration #1922/F/1081
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 April 2023), memorial page for Private Charles John Bruce (5 Dec 1896–20 Sep 1917), Find A Grave: Memorial #11982978, citing Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres (Ieper), Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium; Maintained by Digger (contributor 50072026).
- Roll of Honour. (Australian War Memorial, http://www.awm.gov.au : accessed 26 Apr 2023) Charles John Bruce Service number 5783, Rank: Private, Unit: 26th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Date of death: 20 Sep 1917, Place of death: Belgium, Age at death: 20. Cause of death: Killed in action, Memorial: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium.
- Charles John BRUCE from the AIF PROJECT website first accessed online on the 6th of August, 2023.
- PRIVATE CHARLES JOHN BRUCE Service Number: 5783 ©2023 Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
- Charles John Bruce as part of the Pick a Soldier, Plant a Tree Project
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Categories: SS Melbourne, Oct 1916 | Ieper, West-Vlaanderen | Longreach, Queensland | 26th Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, World War I | Australia, Pick a Soldier, Plant a Tree | Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | Killed in Action, Australia, World War I | Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, West Flanders | Anzacs, World War I