RICE, Richard John
| Service Number: | 22443 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade |
| Born: | 1 January 1890, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | TImber Hewer |
| Died: | Pneumonia , Manjimup, Western Australia, 1933 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 1 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 22443, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade | |
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| 20 May 1916: | Involvement Driver, 22443, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 20 May 1916: | Embarked Driver, 22443, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Medic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Richard was the son of Patrick RICE, from 2 Chippers Terrace, East Perth, Western Australia.
Whilst on service overseas he met and fell in love with a nurse in the British Emperial Forces, who was soon to be his wife, Betsy Alice HOURD.
They met whilst Richard was injured by gas in hospital in France.
They married in England on 30/7/1919 and travelled together back to Australia.
They had seven children.
They had two sons who both joined WWII:
W858836 Gunner Richard John RICE (born 24/6/1920 Manjimup, WA)
and
29990 Sargeant Julian Patrick RICE (born 03/10/1921 Jardee, WA), who was killed in an aeroplane crash on 23/9/1943 at Tarlee in South Australia, buried in the Mallala War Cemetery.
At the time of Richard John RICE Senior's death he had seven children. Richard John RICE junior was the eldest, aged thirteen, and the youngest was a baby aged nine months. An eighth baby was born six months after father’s death, but it died whilst Betsy was in hospital, as it had several health problems
1933 Richard died of pneumonia, from the gas injuries he had suffered from whilst in the war.
Submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 14/11/2020. Lest we forget.
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