Allan Harry PEARSON MBE

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Service Number:	VX3377
Enlisted:	8 November 1939, South Melbourne, VIC
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	2nd/5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Prospect, South Australia, Australia , 13 March 1905
Home Town:	Burwood, Whitehorse, Victoria
Schooling:	Adelaide High School, South Australia
Occupation:	Bank Official
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 29 January 1943, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Number ~ Plot H. Row D. Grave 7. Personal Inscription ~"FOREVER IN MY HEART DEAR A MEMORY IS KEPT"
Memorials:	Adelaide High School The Fallen, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

8 Nov 1939:	Involvement Captain, VX3377
8 Nov 1939:	Enlisted South Melbourne, VIC
8 Nov 1939:	Enlisted VX3377
9 May 1941:	Honoured Member of the Order of the British Empire, Marked degree of devotion regardless of personal danger.
29 Jan 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, VX3377, 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion

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