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Private JOHN WILLIAM BRUCE

Service Number: VX/19176
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry

A.I.F. Gen. Base Depot

Date of Death

Died 19 October 1940

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY

Plot 6B. Row M. Grave 15.

Sri Lanka

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of William Charles and Lily Bruce, of Footscray, Victoria. Australia.
  • Personal Inscription SO DEARLY LOVED SO SADLY MISSED
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Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Sri Lanka
Number of casualties: 385
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