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PEARCE, Oliver Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3438 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Plympton, South Australia, August 1889 |
| Home Town: | Plympton, City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | butcher |
| Died: | 1 June 1968, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, New Thebarton Lodge No 23 U.A.O.D. Roll of Honour, Plympton District Roll of Honor, Plympton North Richmond Baptist Church Honor Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3438, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3438, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide | |
| 19 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
| 14 Mar 1917: | Wounded Private, 3438, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
| 16 Dec 1917: | Wounded Private, 3438, Private Pearce spent a total of 414 days (275 in one hospital and an additional 139 in a different hospital) away from the frontline before returning on 3/5/1918. | |
| 12 Apr 1919: | Embarked Private, 3438, Embarked onboard the SS Suffolk to return to Australia. |
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