PEARCE, Charles
| Service Number: | 2962 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | London, England, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tram Conductor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 17 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2962, 59th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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| 3 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2962, 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Charles PEARCE (Service Number 2962) was born in London in 1889.
He joined the Tramways as a conductor in 1914. He was relieved from duty in September 1916 to enlist in Sydney. He was sent overseas in November, and, after three months training in England, to France to join his unit in April 1917.
He had two weeks sick in hospital, then rejoined his unit.
He was killed in action on 17th October 1917. He has no known grave but is commemorated with honour on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
He was survived by the wife he married in Sydney a year before enlisting, and by their daughter.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.