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Personal data

• Name BRUCE
• Initials WS
• First name WILLIAM SMITH
• Place of birth Glasgow
• Country Scotland
• Last residence 14 Gresford Street, Christchurch, New Zealand
  
• Family Son of John Bruce, of Woodland Cottage, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Profession Clerk

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Trentham, 19 February 1915
• Service number 65898
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 1st Bn. Canterbury Regiment
• Division - Brigade 2nd Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division New Zealand Division
• National force N.Z.E.F.
• Other data related to military career EMBARKATION: 13 June 1915, Wellington

Death

• Wounded 12 October 1917
• Type of wounds Died of shell wounds in legs, left hand and abdomen at n°2 Can CCS
• Date of death 14 October 1917
• Died at the age of 20
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXI - C - 3

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