Stanley Garrett PEARCE

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PEARCE, Stanley Garrett

Service Number:	5745
Enlisted:	9 March 1916, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Buninyong, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Flinders, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
Schooling:	Garibald State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Fisherman
Died:	Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 20 August 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Flinders WWI War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

9 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5745, 5th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
4 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5745, 5th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
4 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5745, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
20 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5745, 5th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Family Connections:

Brother 488 Trooper Carl Pearce, 1st Australian Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, who was killed in action in Jordan on 30 March 1918;

Brother 2/1762 Corporal Herbert Pearce enlisted in the Auckland Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and died in Egypt 17 August 1915 from wounds received at Gallipoli;

Brother 2184 Richard Henry Pearce, 15th Battalion AIF, was killed in action at Gallipoli on 27 August 1915;

Brother 826 Edward Pearce, 51st Battalion survived (twice wounded) and returned to Australia.

The five brothers were from the Ballarat region of Victoria.

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