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RUSSELL, Brice Frederick
| Service Number: | 28 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
| Last Unit: | Anzac Provost Corps |
| Born: | Mount Gambier SA, November 1887 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fireman |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Scots Church WW 1 Honour Board_2, Loxton Paruna District Great War Roll of Honor, Loxton and District Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 28, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 28, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, 28, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, He was shot in the leg and admitted to the hospital | |
| 25 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, 28, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, A shell/bomb blast seriously wounded him — the one that got him evacuated off Gallipoli to a hospital in England. | |
| 1 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, taken on strength in the United Kingdom, London | |
| 28 May 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Anzac Provost Corps , He was officially transferred from the 3rd Light Horse regiment to the Anzac Provost Crops | |
| 6 Nov 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Warrant Officer, Anzac Provost Corps , He was promoted to Staff Sergeant-Major (Warrant Officer Class I). | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Warrant Officer, 28, 3rd Light Horse Regiment | |
| 14 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, 28, Anzac Provost Corps , He was discharged |
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Brice Frederick Russell was born in November 1887 in Mount Gambier, SA. His father, Robert William Brice Russell, was raised in Tailem Bend, and Brice became a fireman at the age of 26. On 23 August 1914, he enlisted in Morphettville, SA, for the 3rd Light Horse Regiment aged 26.
He embarked on 22 October 1914 to Egypt. He proceeded to Gallipoli on 9th May 1915.
Later, he was shot on August 7th, 1915, at Pope Hill in the leg during an offensive and was treated on hospital ship near Malta. He then transferred to England and was admitted to Country of London War Hospital. After treatment he was taken on strength at base in Weymouth in December 1915. He served at base during 1916 due to his injuries. He had a 3 week hospital stay at Fulham in December 1916. 1st January 1917 Russell was transferred to the Australian Australian Provost Corps and promoted to Corporal, then Sergeant. On 31 July 1917, he was serving with the Provost Corps in London (Warwick Square) and was put on Military police duties in London and Scotland.
In Nov 1918 Russell was promoted to Squadron Sergeant-Major (Warrant Officer Class I), In March 1918 he was bought to notice of the Secretary of State for War for “valuable services rendered” with the Provost Corps in London and was awarded a Meritorious Services Award. On 9th of January 1920 he embarked for return to Australia on the ship Port Sydney. Then, finally, on the 18th February 1920, he returned home. He was formally discharged 19th March 1920.
Russell earned a number of different awards in WWI. He earned 1 Red Chevron for enlisting in 1914 and 4 Blue Chevrons for 4 years’ overseas service, up to Dec 1918, also with medals of 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal and Meritorious Service Medal which is a prestigious award given to acknowledge great service, leadership, and dedication.
After the war Russell married on 22nd May 1922 in Adelaide. By the late 1920s he was living in Goulburn NSW. He featured in a few newspaper articles. In 1932 he was working as a miner and led a team of men to prospect near the Granites goldfield. He had a camel team and competed in camel races for the Melbourne Centenary in 1934. In May 1938 his camels arrived at a station in the Warburton Ranges without Russell. He had left Central Australia a few months earlier to cross the Simpson Desert to Birdsville against advice of his friends. It was hoped that he was alive at a waterhole but he died during this journey.