Henry Phillip (Harry) RICE

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RICE, Henry Phillip

Service Number:	1243
Enlisted:	16 November 1914, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mittagong, New South Wales, Australia , 9 September 1881
Home Town:	Mullumbimby, Byron Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bushman
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 10 August 1915, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	7th Field Ambulance Cemetery
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Murwillumbah War Memorial

World War 1 Service

16 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1243, 13th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, New South Wales
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1243, 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, 1243, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1243, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
10 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1243, 13th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli

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Biography

"...1243 Private Henry (Harry) Phillip Rice, 13th Battalion. A bushman prior to enlistment Pte Rice embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ulysses (A38) on 22 December 1914. He was killed in action on 10 August 1915; he was 33 years old. His two brothers Sylvester Albert 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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