PEARCE, Edward James
| Service Number: | 826 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 January 1915, Claremont, Tas. |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Buninyong, Victoria, Australia, 1 January 1883 |
| Home Town: | Burnie, Burnie, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Memorials: | Burnie Loyal Wellington Lodge No 5229 I.O.O.F. M.U. Roll of Honour, Yolla Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 826, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Claremont, Tas. | |
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| 29 Jan 1915: | Embarked Trooper, 826, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Melbourne | |
| 29 Jan 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 826, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: '' | |
| 15 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 826, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 2 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Borda, Brisbane | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 826, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli | |
| 31 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), France | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 826, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle of Messines | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 826, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Polygon Wood | |
| 16 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 826, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), 1st Passchendaele, GSW to head and gassed. Evacuated to England. | |
| 21 Apr 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), France | |
| 24 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 826, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Villers-Bretonneux, GSW to right thigh. |
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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 5745 Stanley Garrett Pearce, 5th Battalion was killed in action at Mouquet Farm, France on 20 August 1916.
The five brothers were from the Ballarat region of Victoria.
When General Birdwood found out that Edward was the only surviving brother, he was sent back to Australia.
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