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RICE, Eric Walter Clifton

Service Numbers:	SX22129, S29490
Enlisted:	15 August 1942, Springbank, South Australia.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kilburn, South Australia, Australia, 14 December 1919
Home Town:	Kilburn (Formerly Chicago), Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Assistant Ice Cream Manufacturer / Sheet Metal Worker
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 20 January 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 8. Row C. Grave 6. Inscription: "SOME DAY WE WILL UNDERSTAND".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, SX22129
29 Feb 1940:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S29490, Camp Staff (Redbank), Enlisted for war service in the Australian Military Forces in Prospect, South Australia.
15 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX22129, 3 Training Battalion, Springbank, South Australia.
20 Jan 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX22129, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, Killed in action Papua.
Date unknown:	Involvement

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