John Basil BRICE

BRICE, John Basil

Service Number: SX6827
Enlisted: 29 June 1940, Wayville, South Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion
Born: North Sydney, New South Wales, 16 April 1918
Home Town: Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: North Sydney Public School
Occupation: Miner
Died: Killed in Action, Libya, 4 July 1941, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk, Libya
Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk, Libya
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

29 Jun 1940: Enlisted Private, SX6827, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion, Wayville, South Australia
29 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX6827, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion
30 Jun 1940: Involvement Private, SX6827, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion
4 Jul 1941: Involvement Private, SX6827, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion, Syria - Operation Exporter
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

John Basil BRICE was born in North Sydney on 16th April, 1918

His parents were John BRICE & Constance MINEHAN who married in the Baptist Church, Sydney on 26th November 1916

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