PEARSON, George Charles
| Service Number: | 1114 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 July 1915, Original of C Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Yarragon, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Yarragon, Baw Baw, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Yarragon State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 21 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
VC Corner Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, France VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Yarragon War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1114, 31st Infantry Battalion, Original of C Company | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1114, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1114, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
One of three brothers from Yarragon in Victoria killed in action in France, 1114 Private George Charles Pearson, 31st Battalion, killed in action on 21 July 1916 at Fromelles, aged 24 years and 3900 Pte Robert Fernley Pearson, 6th Battalion, killed in action 3 days later at Pozieres aged 26 years. The youngest brother 345 Pte John Leslie Pearson, 3rd Machine Gun Company, was killed in action 15 April 1918, aged 19 years.
A nephew, 2795 Sergeant William Francis Skinner, D Company, 59th Battalion, of Gippsland, Victoria was killed in action on 31 August 1918, near Peronne, France, aged 20 years.
His father stated on his Roll of Honour form, “He had 2 brothers, 2 cousins and a nephew killed.”