| Spurgeon Bruce MacLean World War I 1264348 |
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| Branch of Service: 8th Seige Battery Canadian Expeditionary Force Enlisted: April 21, 1916 at Charlottetown, PEI, aged 20 Birthplace: North Cardigan, Kings, Prince Edward Island, April 22, 1896 Discharged: February 27, 1919, Charlottetown, PEI Summary of Service: Gunner S. Bruce MacLean served in England and was transferred to France as a Gunner in the 204th Seige Battery, RGA and later to the 5th Seige Battery CEF. March 13, 1918 he received the Military Medal for Bravery in the Field. S. Bruce MacLean was injured in France, May 29, 1918 due to shell gas poisoning causing severe bronchitis, burns and blindness that lasted for several days. He was hospitalised for three months at Wipps Cross War Hospital and MCH Epsom. He returned to Canada March 29, 1919. After discharge from the war he farmed at Waseca, Saskatchewan (not too far from his brother John Alexander MacLean's farm at Lashburn, Saskatchewan). After retiring from farming in the early 1940's he went back to teaching school. Bruce retired in Calgary, Alberta. S. Bruce MacLean died December 21, 1982. |
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