William Henry Srodzinski PEARCE

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Service Number:	3237
Enlisted:	28 September 1916
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	4th Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Devonshire, England, United Kingdom, 1896
Home Town:	Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales
Schooling:	Furzeham Council School, UK
Occupation:	Wardsman
Died:	Died of Wounds, France, 27 April 1918
Cemetery:	Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension Grave IV. K. 1. Inscription: Dearly loved, proudly remembered at home, Brixham, Devon, England
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, West Wallsend Methodist Church Roll of Honour

28 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3237, 54th Infantry Battalion
11 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3237, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3237, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
27 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3237, 4th Machine Gun Battalion

Born in Brixham in 1897.

POSSIBLY………………Births Mar 1897 Pearce William Henry Stoke D. 5b 328.

He was 21 and the son of William Henry and Beatrice Pearce, of 14, Fore St., Brixham, Devon, England.

He is one of three Australian casualties of the Great War honoured on the Brixham War Memorial.

His third forename was his mother’s maiden name.

Births Dec 1896 Pearce William Henry S Totnes 5b 159

Marriages Jun 1892 Newton A. 5b 310

PEARCE William Henry

Srodzinski Beatrice

He served five years in the Mercantile Marine-as the Merchant Navy was then styled.