PEARCE, George Gladstone
| Service Number: | 4902 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tailor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Aeroplane Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4902, 5th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
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| 7 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4902, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 4902, 5th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4902 awm_unit: 5 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
George Gladstone Pearce
George Gladstone Pearce was the son of Alfred Benjamin Pearce and Louisa Jane née catterall. His brother was Clement John Pearce who was my grandfather. My grandmother (wife of Clement Pearce) told me the story of the WW1 serviceman who was identified because of a scrap of paper in his pocket that was a letter from his girlfriend in Melbourne. My grandfather told my grandmother not to tell us children the story. I was not aware that my grandfather had a brother killed in WW1 until I looked into my family history.
Submitted 5 May 2024 by Barbara Harris
Descendants of George Pearce
George Pearce is the son of Louisa Pearce and Frank Sinclair., Louisa's parents being Alfred and Louisa Pearce.. I am Sue Brown and my mother Mavis Bennett nee Powell was also a grandchild of Alfred and Louisa Pearce, her parents being James Powell and Alice Pearce.. (NB Alfred and Louisa also had a daughter named Louisa)
George is my mother Mavis' cousin and therefore my second cousin. The two girls in the photo are my grand-daughters Maddie and Natalie who visited his grave on the 100th anniversary of Villers Bretonneux.
Submitted 27 July 2023 by sue brown
Descendants of Goerge Pearce visit gravesite
George Pearce was a cousin to my birth mother, Mavis Bennett (nee Powell).
Descendants of George Pearce visited his grave in April 2018, during the commemorations for the 100th Anniversary of Villers Bretonneux. The attached photo shows them laying a small cross and poppy on his gravestone.
Submitted 31 October 2018 by sue brown
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