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Son of Sir John and Lady Grice, of Toorak, Melbourne, Australia; husband of Clarice Grice.

DEATH OF CAPTAIN GRICE.
Mr. Alfred Farrana received the sad notification by wire, last night that Captain Thomas Gerald Grice had been killed in action in France. The deceased officer had served in one of  the crack British regiments in London and Egypt for 7 years prior to coming to New South Wales, and about 10 years ago he came to Inverell and at the subdivision of the  Arrawatta Estate he purchased one of the blocks' where he carried on grazing and mixed farming. When the war broke out the gallant officer at once determined to make all haste to rejoin his regiment, and accompanied by his devoted wife, he sailed for London. On arrival at the English capital Mrs. Grice attached herself to one of the Red Cross Hospitals in London, white her husband secured a commission as Lieutenant in the Second Scottish Rifles, and was almost immediately sent to France, where he fought almost continuously until a German bullet ended his brilliant career.
The late Captain Grice entered the trenches in Flanders as a Lieutenant, but was quickly promoted to Captain. He was a splendid type of an English officer and gentleman, and his ending, though he died int he field bravely fighting the foe, is to be deeply deplored, and the news cast quite a gloom over the town yesterday. During his 10 years residence in  this district he gained for himself wide spread respect and admiration, and on Oakwood learning the dreaded news this morning the residents immediately despatched a telegram  of sympathy to his father, while a similar message was also sent by the Inverell Club. 

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The flags at the Town Hall, Inverell Club, and Bowling Green were also lowered to half mast this morning in honor or the fallen hero. A son of Mr. John Grice, of Coolulla Hawkesburn, Victoria the late Captain Grice was an Australian, though his seven years in the British Army gave him the mannerism of an Englishman. He took a keen interest in grazing and farming in the Oakwood neighborhood and was one of the largest suppliers to the Inverell Butter and Bacon Factory. He also took an active part in all matters  pertaining to the welfare of the district, and was in every respect an estimable citizen. His widow is still engaged in the noble occupation of a nurse, and to her the sympathy of  the whole of the Inverell district has been extended in her irreparable loss.

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Mr John Grice, of Melbourne, has received news that his son, Captain Thomas Gerald Grice, died on the 15th inst. from wounds received in action in France.  Captain Grice, who was 32 years of age, was educated partly at the Geelong Grammar School and partly at Clifton College, England.  In 1902 he joined the 60th Rifles, but retired from the army in 1908, and settled down at Inverell, in New South Wales, where in 1911 he married Miss Clarice Joyce Hewlett, of Waverley, Sydney.  After war broke out he proceeded to England and obtained a commission in the 2nd Scotish Rifles, the regiment of his brother George, who, as a lieutenant, was killed on Christmas Day, 1901, at Tweefontein, South Africa.  Captain T.G. Grice was well known in the Rivereina, where he was for some years engaged in Pastoral pursuits.

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SCHOLARSHIP FOR SONS OF
ARMY AND NAVY OFFICERS
T. G. Grice Memorial
The Thomas Gerald Grice Scholarship, founded by Sir John Grice in memory of his son Thomas Gerald Grice, Senior Major in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light infantry, who was killed in action in France on June 15, 1916, is open for competitive examination to be held on November 6 and 7.
The scholarship is tenable at Geelong Church of England Grammar School, Corio, for three years, and is open to the sons of commissioned officers of British or Australian Army or Navy who have been killed or died on active service in the war. Candidates for the scholarship must be under 14 years of age on July 1 of the year in which they compete.
Applications for entry should be made to the headmaster of the Geelong Church of England Grammar School, Corio.