James Vine PEARCE

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PEARCE, James Vine

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	1st Stationary Hospital (AIF)
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 20 November 1889
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	The Geelong College, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	General Medical Officer (GMO)
Died:	Echuca, Victoria, Australia, 7 June 1960, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

23 Nov 1915:	Involvement Captain, 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1915:	Embarked Captain, 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
25 Nov 1915:	Involvement Captain, 1st Stationary Hospital (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Bulla embarkation_ship_number: A45 public_note: ''
25 Nov 1915:	Embarked Captain, 1st Stationary Hospital (AIF), HMAT Bulla, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Pearce

Major James Vine Pearce (1889-1960). MB BS Melbourne 1914. Pearce was born in Ballarat, VIC, the son of James Pearce and Druscilla Gribble. He was educated at Geelong College and The University of Melbourne. While at school he served for five years in the Junior Cadets. He was commissioned in July 1915 and posted to 2 ACCS. He sailed with the unit from Melbourne, and after three months in Egypt proceeded to the Western Front. He was promoted to Major in February 1918. Pearce served with 2 ACCS at Trois Arbres until March 1918, when he was posted to 15 Fd Amb. He remained with this unit until the end of the war. He returned to Australia in January 1919, and set up in general practice at Echuca, VIC, where he became GMO.

Pearce’s cousin, Captain Joseph William Pearce, served with the 21st Battalion and won the Military Cross at Mouqet Farm; he was KIA at the Battle of Broodseinde, 4th October 1917.

Reference: Australian Doctors on the Western Front, France and Belgium 1916-1918, Volume 3, written by Colonel Robert Likeman CSM.

Another cousin, Sgt. John Pearce was KIA at Pozieres, France, 25th July 1916. He enlisted in the 8th Australian Infantry Battalion on 18th August 1914, with regimental number 386.

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