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John Victor BIAS

Regimental number1750
Place of birthEastabest, Birsay, Orkney, Scotland
SchoolBirsay Public School, Orkney, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia22
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBootmaker
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinT Bias, Busay, Kirkwell, Orkney, Scotland
Previous military serviceServed some years in the Volunteer Forces in Britain.
Enlistment date8 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit name301st (Mechanical Transport), 8th Company, Army Service Corps (17th Divisional Ammunition Park)
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/98/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Brigade Ammunition Column
FateKilled in Action 21 July 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialReninghelst New Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 6), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
11
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas Hunter and Jane Spence BIAS, Flaws, Birsay, Orkney, Scotland

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