PEARCE, Charles George
| Service Number: | 270 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia, February 1884 |
| Home Town: | North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mining Engineer |
| Died: | War Related (Gassed), Leura, New South Wales, Australia, 8 August 1921 |
| Cemetery: |
Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, New South Wales Burial reference: - Church of England. Vault. 7. 1056. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Gunner, 270, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Gunner, 270, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
The death occurred on August 8 of Captain Charles George Pearce, Australian Field Artillery, A.I.F. Captain Pearce was an original Anzac, having enlisted in August, 1914, as a gunner in the original 2nd Battery, 1st Australian Division. He was present at the Gallipoli landing and served throughout the campaign, gaining his commission as lieutenant shortly before n the evacuation. He subsequently served as an officer in the 3rd and 8th Field Artillery Brigade in France until September, 1918, when he returned home on Anzac leave. He was twice wounded, and his death was mainly due the effects of severe gassing. In civil life Captain Pearce was a mining engineer and mine manager. He was buried at Waverley Cemetery with military honours.