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Stanley Clifford Brice was born in Norwood, Adelaide, South Australia on the 12th of February 1897. His Next of Kin was his mother Mrs Alice Harriet Brice. Stanley Brice was 5 feet 6 inches, weighing in at 114lbs, with blue eyes and brown hair. Prior to World War 1, Brice was a Horseman. He formerly had experience fighting in the military.
 
 He enlisted for war on the 29th of November 1915. He was assigned as a Private in the Light Horse as he was a horseman, therefore, he had the adequate skill set. He began training on the 3rd of December 1915. From this date to the 15th of January 1916, he was travelling and training with the base Light Horse. Following this, he moved to Mitcham where he trained in the Camel Corps from the 15th of January 1916 to 16 January 1916. On the 16 January 1916, he embarked from Adelaide to Egypt on the HMAT Anchises A68.
 
In war, Brice fought with the 3rd Light Horse regiment, formed on the 17th of August 1914 in Adelaide. This regiment was vital to the ANZAC spirit and supported in building the community and mateship. Prior to Brice joining this unit, the 3rd Light Horse Regiment fought in Gallipoli, exiting this campaign on the 14th of December 1915. Once they returned, Brice embarked with them to Egypt. His first action in the war was in January-May 1916, where his unit was deployed to protect the Nile valley in Cairo, Egypt, when it was confronted by bands of pro-Turkish Senussi Arabs. It was during this period, specifically on the 11th of May 1916, where Brice was punished for breaking camp and possessing an altered pass. Just two days later, Brice was taken on Strength in Abbassia, a city in Egypt. On the 16th of May 1916, ‘B’ squadron left at 10am for Kantara, and the ‘C’ squadron left after at 4:15pm. They arrived and responded to the ‘A’ squadron who had been in Kantara since 15th May 1916. By the end of the month, the regiment had marched from Hill 70 in Kantara to Romani.
 
An attack in war which was targeted at Brice’s Regiment was on 1st of June 1916. The Turkish bombed their camp in Romani at 6:30am. The ten bombs dropped killed 5 men and 3 horses, wounded 10 officers and 9 horses, as well as injuring 2 additional ranks. Brice survived this bombing and moved with the battalion to Katia at 2:30am on the 2nd of August 1916. On the 13th of October 1916, Brice was punished for three days of being away without leave and rewarded 3 days field punishment No. 2.
 
 Throughout 1917 and 1918, Brice was admitted on several occasions for common diseases in WW1, such as gangrene and pyrexia. On the 18th of March 1917, Stanley Clifford Brice was admitted for pyrexia, otherwise regarded as a fever. The symptoms consist of sweating, shivering, muscle aches, dehydration, and weakness, all detrimental to a soldier’s fighting ability. Then, Brice contracted gangrene toe on the 16th of August 1917. This is a disease where the body tissue dies, and turns red, purple, or black. It causes extensive swelling, pain, and loss of sensation. He was admitted for this disease from the day he contracted it until the 18th of August 1917. On this date, he travelled with his unit and brigade from Shauth to Marakeb. Brice was fighting, until, on the 26th of August 1917, he was admitted again for gangrene toe, likely as he did not heal the first time. In May 1918, Brice suffered from tonsilitis, where he was admitted for this infection from the 10th of May 1918 to the 21st of May 1918. He was sick in October, where he was granted 14 days leave on the 22nd of January 1919.

 Despite his extensive hospital admissions in the final two years, Brice survived the war. On the 5th of June 1919, he returned to Australia, where his mother Alice Harriet Brice (His Next Of Kin), was informed of his return. Subsequent to coming back from war, Brice was married to Eileen Winifred Brice, until they got a divorce in September 1932. He then married his final partner, Mary Hazel Brice. He received two war medals, the British War Medal, and the Victory Medal. On the 10 November 1970, Stanley Clifford Brice passed away at 73 years old. Brice is buried in the Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia.