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Alfred Edmond PEARCE

Regimental number6561
Place of birthHay, New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressRock View, Old Junee, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinWife, Mrs. R. Pearce, 6 Charles Street, East St. Kilda, Victoria
Enlistment date3 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 21st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 7 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 7 November 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXXVI, Row E, Grave No. 13), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
34
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Mary PEARCE; husband of Ruby PEARCE, George Town, Tasmania. Native of Hay, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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