PEARN, William Allan Ronald
| Service Number: | S21336 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 September 1941, Unley, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Hilton, South Australia, Australia , 13 May 1922 |
| Home Town: | Unley, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Unley Public and Adelaide High Schools |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Illness, Australia, 26 January 1943, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia B B 3 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide British Tube Mills WW2 Honour Board, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 18 Sep 1941: | Involvement Private, S21336 | |
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| 18 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Unley, SA | |
| 18 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S21336 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Pte. William Allen Ronald Pearn 2/27th AMF aged 20. Son of Mr and Mrs W L Pearn of Oxford Terrace Unley. Educated at Unley Public and Adelaide High Schools. Played football for Sturt Junior Team for two years. In civil life employed as a clerk. Enlisted in AMF in August 1941. Trained at Warradale and then transferred to Darwin. After service there he contracted a serious complaint and was sent to Adelaide for treatment. He did not respond to treatment and died on January 26 1943. His father a Corporal in 27th AIF in Great War saw service overseas was shell shocked at Messines and returned to Australia in 1916.
Information supplied fron The Personal Pictorial Honor Roll of South Australians who enlisted in the Second World War.
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