William George Bruhn (SN 452), born at Geelong, was a 28 year old Victorian Railways fireman from Eureka Street in Ballarat when he enlisted in Melbourne on December 15th 1916. He trained with the Royal Park Railway Unit before embarking from Melbourne on February 19th 1917 aboard the Ballarat. He reached England on Anzac Day, April 25th, 1917, and a month later he moved to France to serve with the 1st Australian Light Rail Operating Company. In early 1918 he was severely reprimanded after being charged with ‘an act to the prejudice of good order and military discipline in that he distributed coal given him for loco purposes’. After the war he returned to Australia on the Valencia, disembarking at Melbourne on September 11th 1919. He died in November 1933 aged 45. He had three brothers who also served. Norman and Stanley both served with the 6th Battalion and returned safely to Australia while Oscar served with the 3rd Machine Gun Battalion and also returned safely in 1919.