Title

• Lance Corporal
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• Lieutenant Corporal
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Forenames

David Small AWMM

Surname

Bruce AWMM

Also known as

David Martin Small BRUCE

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Service number

• 1385 AWMM
• 9/1408 AWMM
• 1385 = 4th Ctgn Rough Riders; 9/1408 = WWI
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Gender

• Male AWMM
• Male
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Religion

Presbyterian

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Birth

1881 Public Source

Date of birth

1881

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Place of birth

Waipukurau, Hawke's Bay, NZ

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Birth notes

son of David Small BRUCE & Isabella nee' CARNEGIE

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Dannevirke, New Zealand AWMM

Post war occupation

post S A War = Shearer
post WWI = Farmer

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Next of kin

D.S. Bruce, sen. (father), Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 09 Oct 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
• 1904 married Edith Mariane Jane Fleming
  Divorced 1911 - has 3 daughters
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War

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

SA War: Cape Colony, Transvaal & Rhodesia; WWI: Egyptian & E F

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 1st NZEF
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• NZ Mounted Rifles
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Service number

• 1385 AWMM
• 9/1408 AWMM
• 1385 = 4th Ctgn Rough Riders; 9/1408 = WWI
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Military service

• 1900-1901 & 1915-1918
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• 4th Contingent & Wellington Mounted Rifles
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Medals and Awards

1901 SA War Medal with clasps

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Military training

East Coast Mounted Rifles

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Enlistment

• WW1
• 14 March 1900 at Wellington
  23 August 1915 at Trentham
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Age on enlistment

SA war = 21 yrs 2 mths (actually 19yrs old); WWI = 34 yrs

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Occupation before enlistment

pre S A War = Waggon Driver
Pre WWI = Shearer

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Embarkation details

• WW1 09 Oct 1915 AWMM
  HMNZT 32 or HMNZT 33 or HMNZT 34 AWMM Vessel was Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo AWMM Trooper AWMM Otago Mounted Rifles AWMM 7th Reinforcements AWMM
• 31 March 1900 on the troopship 'Gymeric'
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Medical notes

SA War: suffered from Fever & hospitalised in SA before being invalided back to NZ

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Last rank

SA War - Private
WWI - Lance Corporal

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Father was named David Small Bruce. AWMM

Date of death

16 June 1956

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Age at death

75 yrs

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Place of death

Gisborne, NZ

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Death notes

• Informant of death was Mrs N Zibich of Carterton (daughter)
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• 1st NZEF, 9/1408 L/Cpl D S BRUCE, Wellington Mtd Rifles, died 16 June 1956 aged 75 years.
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Cemetery

Taruheru Cemetery AWMM

Cemetery name

Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne

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Grave reference

Block: RSA; Plot: 293; Warrant # 8073

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Memorial name

Gisborne's S A Boer War Memorial

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Memorial name

War Memorial Theatre, 159 Bright Street, Gisborne AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20518929
  Further Reference
• New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 88
• Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.