PEARCE, Albert Warren
| Service Number: | 6296 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 March 1916, Gilgandra, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Richmond, NSW, 1878 |
| Home Town: | Richmond (NSW), Hawkesbury, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 8 June 1953, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Liverpool Cemetery and Crematorium, Sydney, NSW Ang H Row 13, Grave 87 |
| Memorials: | Gilgandra Coo-ee March Gallery, Richmond War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6296, 1st Infantry Battalion, Gilgandra, NSW | |
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| 9 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 6296, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 6296, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Isaac and Jane Pearce, Teroit Street, Richmond, New South Wales
Deserters from the New South Wales Regiment
Royal Australian Artillery, at Sydney, on 5th October, 1905. No. 3037. Gunner Albert Warren Pearce, 28 1/2 years of age, 6 feet high, brown hair, brown eyes, fresh complexion; trade, a groom. Under 6 years’ service.
Albert first enlisted in Gilgandra on October 9, 1915 and marched to Sydney with the Coo-ees but had a vision defect and was discharged in November 1915. Despite his his vision impairment, Albert enlisted in April 1916, at Dubbo, with the 46th Battalion and trained at Liverpool with the 1st Battalion. He embarked from Sydney on the Euripides on September 9, arriving in Plymouth, England on October 26, 1916. Albert served at several camps and hospitals at Fovant, Larkhill, Durrington and Sutton Veny. In June 1917 he trained with the 17th Field Ambulance which was disbanded four months later when plans for a 6th Division were also abandonded. After attending the Australian Medical Corp Training Depot at Parkhouse, he was attached to the Group Hospital at Sutton Veny.
He served in the Group Hospital at Sutton Veny, England until returning to Australia on the Karmala on February 2, 1919.
Little is known of Albert but according to the NSW BDM Register, he was one of eleven children of Isaac and Jane Pearce of Richmond NSW and had a twin sister, Alice J. There is no record of a marriage and electoral rolls show he lived at Brewarrina and Dubbo from 1930 to 1949. There is a death recorded of a 75 year old Albert W Pearce at Liverpool on June 8, 1953.
Also commemorated on the Richmond War Memorial, Richmond, NSW