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MCENCROE, Pierce Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2185 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Subiaco, Nedlands, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 29 May 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Ration Farm Military Cemetery, la Chapelle-D'Armentieres Plot I, Row G, Grave 10, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, South Perth War Memorial, Subiaco Fallen Soldiers Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2185, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2185, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2185, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle | |
| 29 May 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2185, 28th Infantry Battalion, Killed in action |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His younger brother, 1027 Pte. Francis McEncroe also of the 28th Battalion AIF, was killed in action at Flers less than six months later, 3 November 1916, aged 20.
Their father, John Patrick McEncroe had passed in Subiaco during 1915. Their mother, Eliza Alice McEncroe received their medals and effects.