Regimental number | 2302 |
Place of birth | Milton New South Wales |
School | Toowoomba Grammar School, Queensland |
Other training | Cadet Surveyor, Lismore, NSW |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Surveyor's assistant |
Address | Byron Bay, N.S.W. |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Height | 5' 10" |
Weight | 137 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, William John Alexander Bryce, Byron Bay, N.S.W. |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Lismore, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 16th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/7/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | Imperial Camel Corps |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Near Jaffa, Palestine |
Age at death | 22 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | Ramleh War Cemetery (Row M, Grave No. 65), Palestine |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 10 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William and maud BRYCE, Byron Bay, New South Wales. Natie of Milton, New South Wales |
Other details |
War Service: Egypt, Palestine Taken on strength, 1st Light Horse Training Regiment, Tel-el-Kebir, 5 May 1916. Transferred to 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Romani, 14 June 1916; taken on strength, 16 June 1916. Transferred to 1st Double Squadron, 29 June 1916; taken on strength, Serapeum, 1 July 1916; promoted to Temporary Sergeant, 1 July 1916. To Imperial School of Instruction, Zeitoun, 27 October 1916. Taken on strength, 4th Australian Camel Regiment, Abbassia, 2 November 1916; reverted to Corporal, 2 November 1916; to be Troop Corporal, 2 November 1916. Transferred to Reserve Company Imperial Camel Corps, 7 February 1917. Reverted to ranks at his own request, 7 April 1917. Posted to 4th Anzac Battalion, 1st Camel Brigade, Abbassia, 8 April 1917; taken on strength, 17th Company Imperial Camel Brigade, 9 April 1917. Admitted to 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance, Jaffa, Palestine, 4 December 1917 (bomb wounds, right side thigh, arm, hands, neck and face); died of wounds, 4 December 1917. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BRYCE William Ridd |