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Albert Herculean Augustus PEARCE

Regimental number638
Place of birthHobart, Tasmania
SchoolState School, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressMoonah, Tass
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinWife, Mrs Ivery L M Pearce, Charles Street, Moonah, Tasmania
Enlistment date20 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 1 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 7 January 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialCite bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot Iv, Row C, Grave No. 31), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
133
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Annie PEARCE; husband of Ivy PEARCE, Charles Street, Moonah, Hobart, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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