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Bruce Albert John Litchfield was an Architect who had a long career in the Australian Commonwealth Government.

Early Life
Bruce Albert John Litchfield was born was born on the 20th of December 1908 at Gallaghehs Estate, near Cessnock, New South Wales. He was his parents, Albert George and Clara Ellen (Nee Eyre), last child arriving late in their marriage. Bruce had two sisters, Clarice Harriet, Aldyth Doris Myee and brothers Albert and Harold Arthur Leslie, who became a Navigator for Charles Kingsford Smith's 1928 Trans Tasmin Flight. In 1919 the family moved to Newcastle, New South Wales and Bruce attended the Waratah Public School. His father commenced business in the Lime Industries which which proved prosperous.

After leaving school at 16, Bruces mother arranged for Bruce to work at F.G. & A.C. Castleton, an architects office, as a pupil, while undertaking a Diploma in Architecture at Newcastle Technical College.

Career
Once Bruce received his Diploma in Architecture, he joined Pitt & Merryweather an architectural firm and stayed with them until 1938.