PEARCE, Edward Charles Henry
| Service Number: | 190 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, Roma, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Winford, Somerset, England, 26 January 1883 |
| Home Town: | Roma, Maranoa, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Thornbury Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Farmer/Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Quinn's Post Cemetery, ANZAC Quinn's Post Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Tree Plaque: |
Roma Heroes Avenue
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| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 190, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Roma, Queensland | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 190, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 190, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 190, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 190 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-07 |
His Brother
Lance Corporal Dudley Hogarth Pearce
Nationality: British
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
Age: 30
Service No: 2162
Date of Death: 28/08/1915
Cemetery: GREEN HILL CEMETERY Turkey
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. G. 2.
Additional information: Son of Henry C. Pearce, of Max House, Winscombe, Somerset.
Submitted 12 August 2015 by Stephen Brooks
Biography
Born and raised in England, Edward Pearce served for 3 years in the Royal Gloustershire Hussars before he came out to Australia at the age of 27, during 1910. He was farming at Roma when the war broke out. He was one of the first men from the district to enlist and joined the 2nd Light Horse. He left with the original Australian contingent during October 1914 and trained in Egypt until landed at Gallipoli. He was killed in action on the 7th August 1915. A comrade wrote, "He was one of the best chaps, he died as he had lived, an English gentleman till the last"
His brother, Lance Corporal Dudley Hogarth Pearce of the Royal Gloustershire Hussars was killed at not far away at Gallipoli, at Chocolate Hill, only 3 weeks later, 28th August 1915.
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