Norman Matthew PEARCE

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PEARCE, Norman Matthew

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	9 October 1914, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	6th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia, 6 January 1881
Home Town:	Kellyville, The Hills Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Killed In Action, Egypt, 29 July 1916, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blacktown War Memorial, Kellyville Public School Roll of Honour, Kellyville WW1 Roll of Honour, Kellyville WW1 Roll of Honour, Norwest Mitchell Remembers Roll of Honour, Norwest Mitchell Remembers Roll of Honour

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Lieutenant, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles

World War 1 Service

9 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Liverpool, New South Wales
21 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
21 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
1 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 6th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
1 May 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 6th Light Horse Regiment
19 Jul 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 6th Light Horse Regiment
29 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 6 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1916-07-29

Capt. Noman Matthew Pearce

Norman Matthew Pearce was born in Windsor N.S.W in 1881. He listed his occupation before joining the AIF as a Grazier. He had also served in the Boer War as a Lieutenant.

Norman Matthew Pearce enlisted on 22 Sep 1914 aged 33. he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Suevic on 21 Dec 1914.

Norman was killed in action in Egypt on 29 Jul 1916 when a sniper shot him whilst out on patrol at Et Maler, Sinai Peninsula.

Next of kin was his father, Matthew Squire Pearce, of Stanhope, Kellyville.

Norman saw active service with the 6th Light Horse Regiment at Galiipoli and Egypt

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