Bruce was born in Adelaide, South Australia to CJP and Anna Bruce and attended Norwood High School before becoming a clerk in the South Australian Railways.
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He returned to his work at the railways, moved to seaside Brighton for a lung complaint contracted in the war, and died there in 1957 after having risen to the role of Chief Paymaster at the SAR.
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During the attack on Bullecourt in the Battle of Arras, Bruce took an ammunition dray in front of enemy lines to an isolated pocket of Australian soldiers, a deed for which he was awarded the Military Medal (gazetted 15 September 1919).
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