BICE Edward John

Photo
Rank	Private 105, 6th Infantry Brigade Machine Gun
Born	East Melbourne, Victoria
Enlisted	29th April 1915
Enlisted In	29th April 1915
Occupation at Enlistment	Marine Engineer
Embarked From	Embarked Melbourne "Euripides" 10th May 1915
Buried	a fortnight after crash approximately 1750 yards SSE of Morcourt
Remark	Appointed Sergeant 14th November 1915 Promoted Sergeant 1st March 1916 Appointed Company Sergeant Major 7th August 1916 Appointed 2nd Lieutenant 23rd August 1916 Promoted Lieutenant 4th January 1917 Transferred to No. 1 School of Aeronautics Reading to qualify as a pilot. Graduated Flying Officer 2nd April 1918 Killed in action 8th August 1918 Avenue of Trees, Nanango, Queensland Awarded The Military Cross 17th July 1917
Remembered with Honour	Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, France
Son of	William Player & Annie Wallace Bice of Greystones, 32 The Ridge, Canterbury, New Zealand

Back