Leslie Clarence RICE

Regimental number40131
OccupationBank clerk
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ellen C Rice, Johnsonville, Wellington
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 24th Reinforcements (2nd Draft), Specialist Company, Signal Section
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 82 Pakeha on 26 April 1917
Embarked 14 April 1917; disembarked, 18 April 1917; re-embarked, 26 April 1917.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 3 February 1918
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXVII, Row F, Grave No 21), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Ellen Rice, Trafalgar Street, Johnsonville
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 60, p. 13

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