CEF Soldier Detail

Private Bruce Cameron
Died: June 13, 1916

Regimental Number:
46298
Survived War:
 No
Force:
 Army
Regiment:
 Canadian Infantry
Battalion:
 16th Battalion
Company:
Place of Birth:
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Country:
 Canada
Next of Kin:
Lawerence Cameron, father, Mahone Bay, NS
Address at Enlistment:
Date of Birth:
December 9, 1895
Trade or Calling:
drug clerk
Marital Status:
 Single
Prior Military Experience:
Yes
Place of Enlistment:
 Valcartier, Quebec
Date of Enlistment:
September 27, 1914
Age at enlistment:
18
Height:
 5 Feet 6 Inches
Chest:
 36 Inches
Expansion:
 4 Inches
Religion:
 Presbyterian
Enlisted or Conscripted:
 Enlisted
Saw service in:
Unknown    
Cause of Death:
Killed in Action
Battle Died/Wounded:
Hill 62 (Ypres Salient)
Date of Death:
June 13, 1916
Age at Death:
20
Buried at:
 Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Belgium
Plot:
 Sp Mem H 28
Commemorated:
 Mahone Bay, NS
 
Prisoner of war:
Not Specified
Interned:
Gender:
 Male
Ethnic Origin:
Not Specified
LAC Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1401 - 10
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Research Notes
his body was buried at Railway Dugouts, but the exact location was either lost or his remains were disrupted due to artillery shelling of the cemetary
Rank Regiment Unit Company
Private Canadian Infantry 16th Battalion

Son of Laurence Cameron, of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, and the late Mima Cameron. Enlisted Aug., 1914. Previously wounded Oct., 1915

Bruce was assigned to the 16th  Battalion (the Canadian Scottish), which was a battalion from British Columbia. It appears that Bruce joined the 16th Bn sometime after the 2nd Battle of Ypres in April 1915. That battle saw the first use of gas as a weapon and over 2000 Canadian soldiers died in the first week of the battle. Bruce would  survive wounds he received in October 1915, but he would be killed on 13 June 1916 during the battle for Hill 62 in the Ypres Salient. On the day of Bruce’s death his battalion was heavily engaged in fighting around Observatory Ridge and Armagh Wood and suffered a one-day loss of 257 men killed or wounded. Bruce Cameron’s body was buried at the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground outside Ypres; however, at some time during the battle for the Ypres Salient the burial ground was shelled by German artillery and Bruce’s remains were disrupted.