Clyde Alexander BRUCE

1894 - 1976  (82 years)

• Name	Clyde Alexander BRUCE
  Birth	5 Jul 1894	Hillgrove, , New South Wales, Australia
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Jul 1976	Hurstville, , New South Wales, Australia
  Burial	Rookwood Cematorium, Rookwood, , New South Wales, Australia
  	Cremated. Interred at Rookwood Cemetery
  Person ID	I123	Foxcroft and Bruce
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2005

  
  

  Father	Thomas BRUCE, 2nd,   b. 1866, Young, , New South Wales, Australia d. 1937, Armidale, , New South Wales, Australia (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Amelia Maud ROACH,   b. 1875   d. 28 Aug 1947 (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	1893	Bendemeer, , New South Wales, Australia
  Family ID	F102	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Josephine DAVIES,   b. 17 Sep 1896, Metz, , New South Wales, Australia d. 31 Jan 1974, Hurstville, , New South Wales, Australia (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	1918
  Children	1. Sylvia Millicent BRUCE,   b. 26 Nov 1919   d. 29 Jul 2011 (Age 91 years)   2. Clyde John Thomas BRUCE,   b. 18 Nov 1921   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Living
  Family ID	F89	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2005

  
  

  Family 2	Julia Clare   d. 22 Aug 1977
  Marriage	24 Aug 1975
  Family ID	F154	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2005

  
  

• Notes

  Born and raised up in Hilgrove. Moved to Guyra (after marriage?). Moved to Austinmere and later Hurstville. Number in register 94 16355 He was a wheelwright by trade, which involved knowing how to do a lot of fitting and machining. He was a maintenance engineer in the mines at Coal Cliffe colliery at Austinmeer until 1935 when they moved from Austinmeer to 105 Dora St, Hurstville. They built their house at Edith St in about 1938. Dad was working for Hoffman Engineering at Stoney Creek Rd, Kingsgrove on aircraft parts and gun parts for army supplies. Because of his engineering background, he was exempt from active service.During the war he was a member of the National Emergency Service (NES) and was a warden. After the war he worked for the same firm for approx. 10 more years until 1950, when he went to Lister Blackstones as chief engineer in charge of maintenance, stopping there approx. 5 years when he moved as Chief Engineer in charge of maintenance to Hardie Rubber Company in Rushcutters Bay. After this he worked at IRC resistors at Kingsgrove.