PELVIN, Bruce Fawthrope
(Service number 1996)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Corporal |
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Birth
| Date | Unknown | Place of Birth | Waimate |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | 23 | |
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| Address at Enlistment | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | ||
| Occupation | Labourer | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Alfred Pelvin (father), Mill Road, Waimate | ||
Military Service
| Served with | Australian Imperial Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Australian Imperial Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 9th Infantry, 3rd Brigade, 5th Reinforcements | ||
| Date | 4 September 1916 | ||
| Transport | Kyarra | ||
| Embarked From | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | Destination | |
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| Last Unit Served With | Australian Infantry, A.I.F., 49th Battalion. | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 4 September 1916 | Age | 25 |
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| Place of Death | Somme, Northern France | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Timaru Boys High School War Memorial (Library); Waimate First World War Memorial | ||
Biographical Notes
Second son of Alfred and Mary M. Pelvin, of Waimate, South Canterbury, New Zealand.
Bruce was educated at Waimaitai (1902 -1904) and Timaru Boy's High School and after leaving, was for some time in the employ of Messrs Beckingham and Co., Timaru, as a cabinet maker). He was well known in Timaru as an athlete and was a member of the Star Football Club. In 1916 though Bruce left New Zealand to work in Toowoomba, Australia.
Sources
Commonwealth War Graves; Military Record - National Archives of Australia; Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (19 June 2015); see also Winsome Griffin's family history pages at http://winsomegriffin.com/Pelvin/BruceFawthropPelvin.html; SCRoll web submission by W Griffin, 4 December 2015
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