John Basil BRICE

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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

29 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Private, SX6827, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion, Wayville, South Australia
29 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army 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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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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His headstone reads:

"Years roll on, memories stay - as near and dear as yesterday"