Private Bruce Malcolm Cameron

1. Private (Army).
2. Private, 16th Battalion, Infantry (Army).

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.

Listed on the Nominal Roll of the 17th Battalion.