Stanley Rice
Born 23 Nov 1877 - Died 5 Nov 1959
- Service number
- WWI 16/1023 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- 2nd NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion & Otago RegimentPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Military Record
- Last rank
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- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
- MajorPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Military Record
- Forenames
- Stanley AWMM
- Surname
- Rice AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 16/1023 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Religion
- AnglicanPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Military Record
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 23 Nov 1877 Public Source
- Date of birth
- 23 Nov 1877Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Military Records
- Place of birth
- Gloucestershire EnglandPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Military Records
- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Defence Headquarters, Milton, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
- NZ TerritorialsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Military Records
- Next of kin
- Mrs S. Rice (wife), 6 Sims Street, Maori Hill, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Married AWMM
- married Ellen Marcia Mitchell Gabilies in Melbourne, Aust
father of 3 childrenPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Military Records
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- Egyptian & EF & Western European - FrancePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Military Record
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- 2nd NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion & Otago RegimentPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Military Record
- Service number
- WWI 16/1023 AWMM
- Military service
- 1915-1917Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Military Record
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
- Captain > T/Major> MajorPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Military Record
Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
London Gazette 4 January 1917, p261, Rec No 399 AWMM - 1914-1915 Star
British War & Victory Medals
Mention in DispatchesPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Military Record
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
- G Coy 14th Sth Otago Regt & Timaru City RiflesPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Military Record
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM
- 15 June 1915 at TrenthamPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Military Record
- Age on enlistment
- 37yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Military Record
- Occupation before enlistment
- MerchantPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Military Records
Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 18 Sep 1915-26 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 29 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Captain/Military AWMM 2nd Maori Contingent AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Other, WWI AWMM
Nature of Injury: Ampt. left leg Percent of disability: 70 Source: New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% AWMM
Last known rank
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Biographical information
- Present address (as listed in New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%): Wyndham AWMM
- WOUNDED AT THE SOMME.
Wanganui Herald, Volume L, Issue 15094, 14 December 1916, Page 3
LETTER FROM MAJOR RICE. Major Stanley Rice, who was in charge of the Otago Battalion and was wounded during “the big push" on the Somme in September, writes as follows to his brother (Mr H. Rice, of Gonville) under date 14th October:
“Just a line or two to advise you Fritz has been putting in some good machine-gun practice on me. I had struggled through three weeks of the big push and escaped casualties, but on 28th September I had command of the Otago troops in a big push and got slathered up. The first one I got soon after we got over the parapet—through the right forearm, it did not hurt much, so I did not stop to dress it. About 200 yards further on I got a second one through the upper part of my right leg. It also went clean through without breaking any bones, and did not stop me. The third shot struck my revolver, which was hanging in front of my stomach, smashing the revolver to pieces and scattering the pieces into my right arm and chest and one small piece going into the fleshy part of my stomach. My revolver undoubtedly saved my life, because if it had not been there the bullet would have ploughed through me from one side to the other, I was still able to go on, and was taking a good quiz at Fritz’s trench to enable me to send back a report when a bullet smashed my left leg half-way between ankle and knee, and I went down and took the count.
My other wounds must have been bleeding a good deal, because as soon as I got into a shell hole I think I must have swooned. Anyway, I laid out in that shell hole in the rain for seven hours before the stretcher bearers arrived; then after I was dressed I had to lay outside the aid post for another five hours under shrapnel-fire before carriers could be found to take me away. Then seven weary miles through narrow communication trenches to the ambulance, making it about 18 hours before I got to the field ambulance, where they cut my clothes off me and set my leg, also cleaning and plugging my other wounds. Then I was evacuated to the hospital I am in at present—the Duchess of Westminster’s Hospital, Le Torquay, Paris-Plage, and here I have been since 29th September. They operated on me again as soon as I got there, first submitting me to X Rays. I have been X Rayed three times. The fracture is a very bad one—a compound fracture. Of course, the wound complicates things a bit. My temperature has been very high, but is down now to a reasonable point. The sister who has charge of my case reckons I will be fit to evacuate to Blighty in a week’s time if I behave myself.
You will see by the casualty lists they did not spare the NZ. Troops. We did about three times as much as we were supposed to, and made no error about it. It is HELL, old man, with the lid off; but no better troops ever carried a rifle into action than our boys. The ‘Trents’, are just as good as any of us, and fought like veterans. I don’t know whether I shall be much good for active service after this. However, in any case, I can feel satisfied I have done a man’s work and I know myself. I was always a bit afraid I may not have been able to face the real thing, but I found myself absolutely under control and cooler when actually on the job than I anticipated. This confidence increased with each stunt, and, I think, perhaps, made me too cocksure in my last performance.
Major Rice, who held a commission in the Territorials prior to the outbreak of war, left Invercargill to take charge of the First Maori Reinforcements. He subsequently received promotion, and was transferred back to his old battalion.Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Wanganui Herald, Volume L, Issue 15094, 14 December 1916, Page 3
About death
- Death
- 5 Nov 1959 Public Source
- Date of death
- 5 Nov 1959Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - http://www.southlanddc.govt.nz/my-southland/cemeteries-/cemetery-search-/getperson/5221
- Age at death
- 81yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - http://www.southlanddc.govt.nz/my-southland/cemeteries-/cemetery-search-/getperson/5221
- Place of death
- Wyndham, Southland, NZPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - http://www.southlanddc.govt.nz/my-southland/cemeteries-/cemetery-search-/getperson/5221
- Cause of death
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- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
- Wyndham, SouthlandPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - http://www.southlanddc.govt.nz/my-southland/cemeteries-/cemetery-search-/getperson/5221
- Grave reference
- Location: 29.00 Block XIIPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - http://www.southlanddc.govt.nz/my-southland/cemeteries-/cemetery-search-/getperson/5221
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Memorial
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Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20805554
Further Reference - Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Page No: 613 - New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%, compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent War Pensions, and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) Discharged and undischarged hospital patients, assessed as suffering permanent disability, but not yet in receipt of a pension at date (28-4-20). New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services. NZ Times Co. (Printer).
- Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
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