William Henry Srodzinski PEARCE

PEARCE, William Henry Srodzinski

    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
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    World War 1 Service

    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

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    Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

    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.

    Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

    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
     
     
     
     

     

    Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

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

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