BRUCE, CHARLES ROBERT Rank: Gunner Service No: NX56531 Date of Death: 28/12/1942 Age: 37 Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Artillery A.I.F. 2/1 Field Regt. Grave Reference: A7. A. 25. Cemetery: PORT MORESBY (BOMANA) WAR CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of John and Ann Bruce, of Keith, Banffshire, Scotland.http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2192610/BRUCE,%20CHARLES%20ROBERT
good day cl1.m.today.12:15am.re:remembering today.28/12/42.gunner c.r.bruce nx56531,royal australian artillery a.i.f 2/1 field regt.age 37.may he rest in peace.regards bernard85
Not finding much specific information on this casualty. The DVA nominal roll and the AWM ROH agree with the details as shown on his CWGC entry, with the added detail that he was killed in action. His personnel file as held by the NAA has not been digitised as yet. His unit's war diary is not digitised either at the AWM, they have so far done the infantry unit war diaries and those for HQ units. Hopefully the others will follow as the years progress. The best I can offer so far is that his unit, the 2/1st Field Regiment Royal Australian Artillery, was heavily involved in what is now known as the battle of the beachheads. This was the landings on the coast of Papua (now a part of Papua new Guinea) at Buna, Gona and Sanananda. http://www.dva.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/about%20dva/media-centre/media-backgrounder/Battle_of_the_Beachheads.pdf
Recent Remembering Today for another Aussie killed during the Battle of the Beachheads http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/56141-remembering-today-301242-corporal-wlforster-nx48291-australian-infantry-aif-36-bn/?hl=%2Bremembering+%2Btoday
