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BRUCE, Roy Thomas
(Service number 7/ 22)

Officers of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles at Addington Camp, Christchurch, August 1914. — Back row: Lieutenants L Chaytor, Taylor, Barker, W Deans, F Gorton, Hayter, D S Murchison.
Second row: Lieutenant Marchant, Captain Talbot, Lieutenant Blackett, Captain Hurst, Captain Hammond, Lieutenant Free, Lieutenant Bruce.
Sitting: Major Wain (O.C. 8th Sqd.), Captain Cody (Q.M.), Major Overton (2nd in Command), Lieutenant-Colonel Findlay (C.O.), Captain Blair (Adjutant), Major Acton-Adams (O.C. 1st Sqd.), Major Hutton (O.C. 10th Sqd.).
Front row: Lieutenant Gibbs (Signalling Officer), Tommy the mascot, Lieutenant Davison (Machine Gun Officer), Lieutenant G Dailey. (Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, PAColl-5268-2-01 )

Aliases
First Rank	Lieutenant	Last Rank

Birth

Date	18/12/1880	Place of Birth	RE-DO

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	6 Campbell Street, Timaru
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	Mrs Maud Goodenough BRUCE (wife), 6 Campbell Street, Timaru
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Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Tahiti or Athenic
Embarked From	Lyttelton, Canterbury	Destination	Suez, Egypt

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Death

Date	29 November 1945	Age	64 yrs
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Biographical Notes

Roy Thomas BRUCE was born on 18 December 1880, in Bombay, India. He married Maud Goodenough HAYTER in 1909. They were divorced in 1925/26 in Dunedin

Sources

Cenotaph Database [25 November 2013]

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