Arthur John PEARCE

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Service Number:	3156
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 (Australian National Memorial - France)

14 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3156, Keswick, South Australia
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

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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