Walter Rattray RICE

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Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	31 August 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bundaberg, Queensland, 29 December 1892
Home Town:	Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland
Occupation:	Shipping clerk
Died:	Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, 13 July 1931, aged 38 years
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Grave Location: 10-50-42, Portion 10/Section 50/Grave 42; Buried with: Richard James Rice.
Memorials:	Brisbane St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Great War Honour Roll (2)

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31 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Brisbane, Queensland
16 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant
7 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 49th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
7 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
14 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant
20 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 49th Infantry Battalion, Trench fever

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