DYCE, John Stuart
| Service Number: | 3388 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 November 1916, Cootamundra |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Junee, New South Wales, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Appin, Wollondilly, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Shell Blast, Augustus Wood, Passchendaele, Belgium, 17 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Appin Public School Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3388, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Cootamundra | |
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| 16 Dec 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3388, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3388, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 63rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3388, 36th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Michael Silver
The son of Clarence Dyce, a school master and his wife Margaret (nee Mcrae), 3388 Private John Stuart Dyce was one of two brothers to serve in the AIF. He was a 25 years old farmer from Yathella, New South Wales when he enlisted at Cootamundra on 13 November 1916.
He embarked with the 9th Reinforcements from Sydney aboard HMAT Anchises on 24 January 1917.
On the 23 August 1917 he proceeded from England across to France and marched into the 3rd Division Base Depot. Private Dyce was taken-on-strength by the 36th Battalion (Carmichael's Thousand) on the 1 September 1917 and posted into "C" Company.
He was with the Battalion for the unsuccessful 9th Brigade attack on Passchendaele on 12 October 1917, when they were forced to withdraw from the Blue Line objective. The 9th Brigade ended up in positions only just in front of their initial start line.
On the 17 October 1917, in the front-line opposite Passchendaele, in the vicinity of 'Augustus Wood', Private John Stuart Dyce was killed in action by enemy shelling. Although buried, his grave was subsequently either not found or not identified by the Graves Services Unit.
Private Dyce has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
His younger brother 31233 Driver Alexander Douglas Dyce served with the 5th Divisional Ammunition Column.
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