Percy Alfred Charles PEARCE

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PEARCE, Percy Alfred Charles

Service Number:	4257
Enlisted:	14 October 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 8 November 1886
Home Town:	Noarlunga, Onkaparinga, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	31 March 1970, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

14 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4257, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
9 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4257, 27th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Adelaide
9 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4257, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
4 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4257, 27th Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wound to the left arm
2 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4257, 27th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the right knee and invalided to England on the 9 September 1918
2 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4257, 27th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District
Date unknown:	Wounded 4257, 27th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Edwin William Pearce and Caroline Pearce nee Lange of Adelaide, SA. Brother of Lilly May Pearce and Olive Alice Pearce

Husband of Myrtle Lillian Pearce nee Wallace of 13 Selby Street, Adelaide, SA. Percy and Myrtle married on 27 July 1907 in the Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide, SA

Father of Edwin William Pearce, Myrtle Gertrude Pearce, Doris Lillian Pearce, Veronica Muriel and Annie Florence Pearce

Commenced return to Australia on 22 September 1919 aboard HT Port Sydney disembarked on the 10 November 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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