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PEARCE, Arthur John
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3156 |
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Enlisted: | 14 June 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Red Hill, England, 1895 |
Home Town: | Renmark, Renmark Paringa, South Australia |
Schooling: | Wadhurst School, Sussex |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 19 August 1916 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Men from Renmark and District Roll of Honor Boards (4), Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
14 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3156, Keswick, South Australia | |
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14 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 3156, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
14 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 3156, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 16 years
Son of Thomas Pearce of 5 Atteralls Cottage, Chailley Sussex, England and Mary Boxall
1 December 1915 - to hospital with Mumps
29 December 1915 - suffering from Pneumonia
8 March 1916 - to hospital with Tonsilitis
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal