Richard Henry PEARCE

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PEARCE, Richard Henry

Service Number:	2184
Enlisted:	27 March 1915, Clermont, Qld.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Buninyong, Victoria, Australia, 1876
Home Town:	Blair Athol, Isaac, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, Hill 60, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

27 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2184, 15th Infantry Battalion, Clermont, Qld.
12 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 2184, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: ''
12 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 2184, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Brisbane
30 Jul 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2184, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
7 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2184, 15th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli
27 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2184, 15th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Family Connections:

Brother 488 Trooper Carl Pearce, 1st Australian Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, who was killed in action in Jordan on 30 March 1918;

Brother 2/1762 Corporal Herbert Pearce enlisted in the Auckland Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and died in Egypt 17 August 1915 from wounds received at Gallipoli;

Brother 5745 Stanley Garrett Pearce, 5th Battalion was killed in action at Mouquet Farm, France on 20 August 1916.

Brother 826 Edward Pearce, 51st Battalion survived (twice wounded) and returned to Australia.

The five brothers were from the Ballarat region of Victoria.

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