Sylvester Albert RICE

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RICE, Sylvester Albert

Service Number:	1219
Enlisted:	24 October 1914, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Burringbar, Tweed, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 9 August 1915
Cemetery:	7th Field Ambulance Cemetery
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burringbar War Memorial

World War 1 Service

24 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1219, Liverpool, New South Wales
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1219, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1219, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1219, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
9 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1219, 13th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli

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Biography

"...1219 Private Sylvester Albert Rice, 13th Battalion. A Labourer prior to enlistment Pte Rice embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ulysses (A38) on 22 December 1914. He served on Gallipoli and was killed in action on 9 August 1915; he was 20 years old. His two brothers Henry Phillip and Edward Charles were also killed in the First World War; and all within a year of each other." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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