Carl PEARCE

PEARCE, Carl

Service Number: 488
Enlisted: 11 September 1914, Ballarat, Vic.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps
Born: Buninyong, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town: Auburn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Amman, Jordan, Palestine, 30 March 1918
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Jerusalem Memorial, Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

11 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 488, 14th Infantry Battalion, Ballarat, Vic.
22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 488, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 488, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 488, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
25 Jan 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Imperial Camel Corps , Egypt
4 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 488, Imperial Camel Corps , Battle of Romani
11 Nov 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, Egypt
19 Apr 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 488, 1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, Battles of Gaza
1 Nov 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 488, 1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, Khuweilfe
30 Mar 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 488, 1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, Amman Raid (First)

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Family Connections:

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 2184 Richard Henry Pearce, 15th Battalion AIF, was killed in action at Gallipoli on 27 August 1915;

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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