Studio portrait of 1243 Private (Pte) Henry (Harry) Phillip Rice, 13th Battalion. A bushman prior ...

Accession Number P09548.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker McNeil, Angus
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Murwillumbah
Date made c 1914
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 1243 Private (Pte) 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. Note this image was printed in reverse at the time it was produced.