Aged 28 years
Lieutenant
Australian Machine Gun Corps
10th Coy
Service Number:
Country of Service: Australia
Son of James and Christina Sloss, of Nyora St., East Malvern, Victoria, Australia.
Sources: CWGC
Bruce played Australian Rules Football after being invited to train with Essendon and made his debut as an 18 year old. He then went on to play for Brighton for a few years before being picked up by South Melbourne where he played 81 games, scoring 44 goals.
In his final VFL appearance at the 1914 Grand Final he was noted as the best on ground in their narrow loss to Carlton. His football career ended after the outbreak of World War I.
Lieutenant
Australian Machine Gun Corps
10th Coy
Service Number:
Country of Service: Australia
Son of James and Christina Sloss, of Nyora St., East Malvern, Victoria, Australia.
Sources: CWGC
Bruce played Australian Rules Football after being invited to train with Essendon and made his debut as an 18 year old. He then went on to play for Brighton for a few years before being picked up by South Melbourne where he played 81 games, scoring 44 goals.
In his final VFL appearance at the 1914 Grand Final he was noted as the best on ground in their narrow loss to Carlton. His football career ended after the outbreak of World War I.
Aged 28 years
Lieutenant
Australian Machine Gun Corps
10th Coy
Service Number:
Country of Service: Australia
Son of James and Christina Sloss, of Nyora St., East Malvern, Victoria, Australia.
Sources: CWGC
Bruce played Australian Rules Football after being invited to train with Essendon and made his debut as an 18 year old. He then went on to play for Brighton for a few years before being picked up by South Melbourne where he played 81 games, scoring 44 goals.
In his final VFL appearance at the 1914 Grand Final he was noted as the best on ground in their narrow loss to Carlton. His football career ended after the outbreak of World War I.
Lieutenant
Australian Machine Gun Corps
10th Coy
Service Number:
Country of Service: Australia
Son of James and Christina Sloss, of Nyora St., East Malvern, Victoria, Australia.
Sources: CWGC
Bruce played Australian Rules Football after being invited to train with Essendon and made his debut as an 18 year old. He then went on to play for Brighton for a few years before being picked up by South Melbourne where he played 81 games, scoring 44 goals.
In his final VFL appearance at the 1914 Grand Final he was noted as the best on ground in their narrow loss to Carlton. His football career ended after the outbreak of World War I.
Inscription
(A.I.F. EMBLEM)
B. SLOSS
AUST. MACHINE GUN CORPS
4TH JANUARY 1917 AGE 28
(CROSS)
WHOSOEVER
WILL LOSE HIS LIFE
FOR MY SAKE
THE SAME SHALL SAVE IT
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