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PEARCE, James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2281 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 April 1916, Port Pirie, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Pirie, South Australia, February 1895 |
| Home Town: | Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Pirie West State School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Wandearah East Broughton Plains Region War Memorial, Wandearah East Hundred of Pirie Roll of Honour WW1 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 26 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2281, Port Pirie, South Australia | |
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| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2281, 48th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2281, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2281, 48th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2281 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-12 |
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