Ebenezer Ralph PEARSON

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PEARSON, Ebenezer Ralph

Service Number:	2738
Enlisted:	19 June 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	58th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Benella, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Middle Park, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Scotch College, East Melbourne
Occupation:	Commercial Traveller
Died:	Killed In Action, Bapaume, France, 26 March 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial Villers-Bretonneux, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
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World War 1 Service

19 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria
15 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2738, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
15 Sep 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2738, 8th Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Melbourne
29 Jan 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 58th Infantry Battalion

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Biography

"Second Lieutenant Ebenezer Ralph Pearson, 58th Battalion, of Toorak, Vic. 2nd Lt Pearson enlisted on 19 June 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Makarini on 15 September 1915. On 24 February 1916 he was transferred to the 60th Battalion and was later transferred to the 15th Machine Gun Company. 2nd Lt Pearson was killed in action on 26 March 1917 at Villers-Bretonneux, France..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

"PEARSON.- Killed in action, in France, 26th March, 1917, Lieutenant E. R. Pearson.

A gentleman of God, deeply loved and respected, the memory of whose companionship will be very sacred. -(Inserted by the closest friend of his youth, J.W.R.)

Somewhere in France he is lying, He answered Australia's call; He died an Australian hero, 'Tis the grandest death of all.

Peace, perfect peace, with loved ones far away. In Jesus' keeping we are safe and they. -(Inserted by J. and E. Roach, East Camberwell.)" - from the Melbourne Argus 21 Apr 1917 (nla.gov.au)

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