PEARCE, Wilfred Ernest
| Service Number: | 2010 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 January 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Junee, New South Wales, Australia, 25 February 1886 |
| Home Town: | Coolamon, Coolamon, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Berry Jerry Public School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2010, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 13 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 2010, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 2010, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Charles John and Mary Jane Pearce, of Yass St., Young, New South Wales
Mr C. J. Pearce, junr., of North Berry Jerry, has received the following letter from the officer-in-charge of the Military Forces of the Commonwealth, 2nd Military District.—"Dear Sir, —It is with regret I have to inform you that as a result of a special court of inquiry it has been ascertained that Private W. E. Pearce, 3rd Battalion, previously reported missing, was killed in action between 7th and 12th August, 1916. I am directed to convey to you the deep regret and sympathy of their Majesties the King and Queen and the Commonwealth Government in the loss that you and the army have sustained by the death of this soldier. Yours, etc.,
WM. J. SHERBON." [It will be remembered that Private Pearce was reported as missing, but the foregoing information proves conclusively that the young soldier met his death fighting for his King and country.]
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Wilfred Ernest Pearce enlisted in the 3rd Battalion of the 1st AIF at Coolamon during January 1915. He served at the landed at Gallipoli on 25th April 1915, and was listed as missing in action at Lone Pine on 12 August 1915. Officially listed as killed in action between 7th and 12th August 1915, which was decided at a court of enquiry held in June 1916.
Local newspapers reported, ‘Private W. E. Pearce (missing) is a native of Junee, 27 years of age, and the third son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Pearce, of Marrar and Cowra. Previous to enlisting he had taken up one of the Government blocks of land balloted for in the Wyalong district. He was well known in local cricketing circles.’
His brother, 6561 Private Alfred Edmond Pearce 2nd Battalion AIF was later killed in action Ypres, Belgium, 7 November 1917.
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