BICE Edward John
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- Rank
- Private 105, 6th Infantry Brigade Machine Gun
- Born
- East Melbourne, Victoria
- Enlisted
- 29th April 1915
- Occupation at enlistment
- Marine Engineer
- Embarked from
- Embarked Melbourne "Euripides" 10th May 1915
- Buried
- a fortnight after crash approximately 1750 yards SSE of Morcourt
- Remark
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Appointed Sergeant 14th November 1915 Promoted Sergeant 1st March 1916
Appointed Company Sergeant Major 7th August 1916
Appointed 2nd Lieutenant 23rd August 1916
Promoted Lieutenant 4th January 1917
Transferred to No. 1 School of Aeronautics Reading to qualify as a pilot. Graduated Flying
Officer 2nd April 1918
Killed in action 8th August 1918
Avenue of Trees, Nanango, Queensland
Awarded The Military Cross 17th July 1917 - Remembered with Honour
- Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, France
- Son of
- William Player & Annie Wallace Bice of Greystones, 32 The Ridge, Canterbury, New Zealand
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