PEARCE, John Shuther
| Service Numbers: | W74099, W74099, |
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| Enlisted: | 18 April 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th (WA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 5 July 1920 |
| Home Town: | Dumbleyung, Dumbleyung Shire, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Albany, Western Australia, 3 November 2006, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Nippering-Dumbleyung Cemetery, Nippering, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 18 Apr 1942: | Involvement Private, W74099, 10th (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
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| 18 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Dumbleyung, WA | |
| 18 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W74099 | |
| 15 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W74099,, 10th (WA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private John Shuttle Pearce (Service No:W74099) served in the ACMF with 10th Battalion (WA) VDC from 18 April 1942 to 15 October 1945.
John was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1920, youngest of four children of Frederick John Pearce (b1882 in Melbourne, Victoria) and his second wife Amelia Lavinia Shutter (b1881 in Angle Vale, South Australia). Frederick was a Farmer in Sunshine, Dumbleyung, WA in 1914 when he and Amelia married in Enfield, South Australia. They settled in Sunshine, Dumbleyung where they raised their family and Frederick was a Farmer.
John was a Farmer in Sunshine, Dumbleyung in 1949 when he married Enid May Brown (b1929 in Dumbleyung, WA). John and Enid settled in Sunshine where they raised their family and John was a Farmer. John died in 2006.
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