Soldier profiles
Name : RICE, ROBERT CHARLES
Service Number : VX56450
Date of Birth : 04/05/1910
Place of Birth : LEONGATHA, VIC
Known as : BOB
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 22/05/1941
Locality on Enlistment : ROSEDALE, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : RICE, GRACE
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 29/07/1946
Date Died : N/A
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : FUKUOKA (JAPAN)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : JAPAN
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0073 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6117973 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, C_HAMLEY_1.jpg, C_HAMLEY_2.jpg
Background : Arrived in Japan 16/01/1945 aboard hellship Awa Maru.
