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RICE, Asa William
| Service Number: | 2864 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 4th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Highbury, South Australia, 25 September 1893 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Railway Accident, Lyndoch, South Australia, 20 October 1944, aged 51 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Lyndoch and District Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 2864, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
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| 16 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 2864, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 2864, 4th Field Company Engineers |
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Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal.
The Mail (Adelaide, SA: 1912 - 1954) Saturday 20 October 1945
Rail Ganger Killed By Goods Train
A RAIL ganger was killed instantly when his tricycle collided head-on with a goods train on a bend near Lyndoch today. He was Asa William Rice, 53, of Lyndoch. Rice was travelling from Sandy Creek to Lyndoch on his tricycle, about 10 a.m., and when rounding a curve about a mile out of Lyndoch was met head-on by the goods train. His tricycle was smashed to pieces, and he was hurled in the air. He was dead when the train crew reached him. Rice, who was a returned soldier from World War 1, leaves a wife and four children. Gawler police are preparing a report for the coroner.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57481547
Laura Standard and Crystal Brook Courier (SA: 1917 - 1948) Friday 26 October 1945
MR. A. W. RICE KILLED.
We regret to record the death, by accident on Saturday last, at Lyndoch, of Mr. Asa William Rice, at the age of 53 years. He was travelling on his tricycle from Sandy Creek to Lyndoch about 10 a.m., and when rounding a curve about a mile from his home was met head on by a goods train. His tricycle was smashed to pieces and he was hurled in the air and killed instantly. The deceased was a former well-known resident of Gladstone, and before World War I was engaged as a blacksmith, and subsequently went overseas to fight in the European war. Upon his return he entered the railway permanent gang and resided at Gladstone again until his removal to Lyndoch as ganger. He was a member of the Gladstone R.S.L., and took a keen interest in football and cricket, and was highly esteemed. He has left a widow and four children — Albert, Joe, Bonnie and Bob, for whom much sympathy is felt.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article192272175
The Mail (Adelaide, SA: 1912 - 1954) Saturday 20 October 1945
DEATHS
RICE. — On October 20 (suddenly at Lyndoch Asa William, beloved husband of Molly Rice, and loved father of Albert, Joe, Bonnie and Bob, aged 53 years.
FUNERAL NOTICES
RICE.— The Friends of the late Mr. ASA WILLIAM RICE are respect fully informed that his Funeral will Leave his late Residence Lyndoch on SUNDAY at 4.30 p.m. for the Lyndoch Church of England Cemetery. TAYLOR & FORGIE Undertakers. Gawler Phone 27.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57481602