John Victor (Vic) BIAS

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BIAS, John Victor

Service Number:	1750
Enlisted:	8 September 1914
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Birsay, Orkney, Scotland, June 1887
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Birsay Public School, Scotland
Occupation:	Bootmaker
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 21 July 1917
Cemetery:	Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Belgium Plot III, Row D, Grave 6 INSCRIPTION - BELOVED SON OF MR. & MRS. BIAS "FLAWS", BIRSAY ORKNEY, SCOTLAND
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leeton ANZAC Memorial Clock Tower and Memorial

World War 1 Service

8 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 1750
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Gunner, 1750, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Gunner, 1750, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
6 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1750, 1st Field Artillery Brigade
17 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 1750, 1st Field Artillery Brigade
6 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 1750, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
21 Jul 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 1750, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1750 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Field Artillery Battery awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-07-21

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 30 and the son of Thomas Hunter Bias and Jane Spence Bias, of Flaws, Birsay, Orkney, Scotland. Born Birsay, Orkney Birsay (Old Norse: Birgisherað) is a parish in the north west corner of The Mainland of Orkney, Scotland. 1891 & 1901 Census: Flaws. Memorial: Eastabest., Orkney. Enlisted Sydney He is remembered on the Birsay War Memorial which stands almost at the junction of the B9056 with the A967 near the west end of the Loch of Boardhouse.

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