Studio portrait of 4236 Private (Pte) Edward (Ned) Charles Rice, 47th Battalion, left and his ...

Accession Number P09548.003
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales
Date made c 1915
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 4236 Private (Pte) Edward (Ned) Charles Rice, 47th Battalion, left and his brother Walter Rice on the right. A labourer prior to enlistment Pte Rice embarked from Brisbane aboard HMAT Kyarra (A55) on 3 January 1916. He died of wounds on 9 August 1916. His two brothers were also killed in the First World War; and all within a year of each other.