Allan Elmore RIX

RIX, Allan Elmore

Service Number: 3698
Enlisted: 28 February 1917, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 50th Infantry Battalion
Born: Yatala, South Australia, 28 September 1898
Home Town: Alberton, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Killed in Action, France, 25 April 1918, aged 19 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide The 50th Battalion Commemorative Cross, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kent Town Prince Alfred College 'Nobly Striving, Nobly Fell' Roll of Honour, Rosewater War Memorial, Stansbury Memorial Institute Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

28 Feb 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3698, 50th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA
4 Aug 1917: Involvement Private, 3698, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
4 Aug 1917: Embarked Private, 3698, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of William RIX and Emily nee KING of Fussell Place, Alberton, SA

RIX.— In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Pte. Alan Elmore Rix, 50th Battalion, who was killed in action at Villers Brettoneux on Anzac Day. April 25th, 1918.
His toil is past, his work is done,
And he is fully blest,
He fought the fight, the victory won,
And entered into rest.
—Inserted by his loving parents, sisters, and brothers.