PEARCE, John Henry
| Service Number: | NX14333 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 May 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 2 |
| Last Unit: | 20th Australian Infantry Brigade |
| Born: | Penrith, New South Wales, Australia, 15 April 1910 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Accounts Officer (Public Service) |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 14 May 2001, aged 91 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 8 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, NX14333 | |
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| 19 Nov 1940: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX14333, HQ 20 Infantry Brigade embarked Sydney for Kantara | |
| 15 Feb 1941: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 20th Australian Infantry Brigade | |
| 12 Apr 1941: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, 20th Australian Infantry Brigade | |
| 26 Jan 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, NX14333, 20th Australian Infantry Brigade, embarked Middle East for Sydney | |
| 9 May 1942: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, 20th Australian Infantry Brigade | |
| 28 Feb 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, NX14333, 20th Australian Infantry Brigade, embarked Cairns for Port Moresby | |
| 16 Mar 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, NX14333, 20th Australian Infantry Brigade, embarked Finschafen for Brisbane per Klipfontein | |
| 20 Jul 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, NX14333 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Warrant Officer II John Henry Pearce (Service No:NX14333) enlisted in the Army on 8 May 1940 as a Private with HQ 20th Infantry Brigade - Specialist Group III Clerk. Private Pearce served in the Middle East (19 November 1940 - 26 January 1942) and was a Warrant Officer II when he served in New Guinea (28 March 1943 - 20 July 1944). WO Pearce was hospitalised with Maalaria, and was Discharged (Medically Unfit) on 20 July 1944. Two of his siblings also served in WWII - older brother William Tobin Pearce (Service No:NX56410) and younger brother Oswald James Pearce OAM, MiD (Service No:NX3333).
Born in 1910 in Penrith NSW, Joe was fourth of six children of William Henry Pearce (b1869 in Northern Ireland) and Venus Wilhelmina Plummer (b1879 in Sydney, NSW). William immigrated with his parents and siblings in 1878, arriving in Sydney NSW on board the Erato, and was a Railways Inspector in Penrith when he and Venus married in 1903. William and Venus lived in Penrith and Sydney where they raised their family and William worked for NSW Government Railways as an Inspector and Superintendent.
Joe joined the Public Service in Sydney as a Clerk, and in 1940 was an Accounts Officer when he enlisted in the Army. Following his Discharge in 1944, Joe was in Sydney, NSW in 1947 when he married Joan Mary Madden (nee McNamee; b1910 in Sydney, NSW) - Joan, a Widow, had worked in Sydney as a Nurse. Joe and Joan settled in Sydney, NSW where they raised their family and Joe worked as a Public Servant. Joan died in 1993 and Joe in 2001.
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