Bertram Wellesley PEARSE

PEARSE, Bertram Wellesley

Service Number: 728
Enlisted: 14 November 1914
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: 3rd Light Horse Regiment
Born: Burra, South Australia, 20 September 1881
Home Town: Burnside (SA), Burnside City Council, South Australia
Schooling: Public School & Winham College
Occupation: Sheep Farmer
Died: Died of wounds, Gallipoli, 25 May 1915, aged 33 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Adelaide Grand Masonic Lodge WW1 Honour Board (2), Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burra District WW1 Honor Roll, Burra Fallen Soldiers Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Rose Park Burnside & District - Fallen Soldiers Memorial Trees - Rose Park, Rose Park Burnside District Fallen Soldiers' Memorial - Rose Park
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World War 1 Service

14 Nov 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, 728
2 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 728, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Hessen embarkation_ship_number: A45 public_note: ''
2 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 728, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, SS Hessen, Melbourne
25 May 1915: Involvement Trooper, 728, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 728 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-05-25

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Bertram Wellesley PEARSE was born on 20th September, 1881 in Burra, South Australia

His parents were Thomas Henry PEARSE & Emily Elizabeth HILES

He married Irene Elphinstone SAWERS in South Australia in 1903 - one known daughter, Beryl Dorothy Elphinstone PEARSE b. 1904