Bruce, Roy Berton: Service no. 730577

Digitized Service Record

Source: Operation Picture Me via The 18th Battalion Facebook Group. Peace Souvenir: Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War, 1914 – 1918.

Find-A-Grave

Family Search: Private Roy Berton Bruce was born on 4 October 1895, in Hespeler, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada as the son of Roy Bruce and Fanny Bruce. He lived in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in 1911 and Wellington, Ontario, Canada in 1911. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 21, his occupation is listed as tree sawyer.

Military Medal

Note that his attestation papers misspelled his middle name as Burton. It is Berton.

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Source: Operation Picture Me via The 18th Battalion Facebook Group. Peace Souvenir: Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War, 1914 – 1918.
Annotation 2020-02-03 184112

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