Charles PEARCE

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Service Number:	549
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	State Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds - stomach, Casualty Clearing Station, Gallipoli, Turkey, 17 June 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Place of death is conflicting. One report states he died at the Casualty Clearing Station, Lemnos another states he died at Casualty Clearing Station, Gallipoli, neither is confirmed.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 549, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 549, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 549, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
21 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 549, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wound to the stomach

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Son of George Thomas and Margaret A. Pearce of 13 Judge Street, East Sydney, NSW formerly of Duke Street, Sydney, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal