Tom Bruce (rugby league)
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| Full name | Thomas Fraser Bruce | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 April 1885 Braidwood, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | October 12, 1917 (aged 32) Passchendaele salient, Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Halfback | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Whiticker | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Allegiance | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Branch | Australian Army | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1916-1917 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 2nd lieutenant | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Unit | Australian 36th Infantry Battalion | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Fraser Bruce (1885 – 12 October 1917) was an Australian rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby League competition and an Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) officer who fell in World War I at the Battle of Passchendale.