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Francis Robert PEARCE

Regimental number4222
Place of birthPratten, Queensland
SchoolState School, Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBushman
AddressThanes Creek, Shane via Warwick, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Pearce, Thanes Creek, via Warwick, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed as Trooper in Australian Light Horse Regiment Defence Forces.
Enlistment date27 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 3 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 21 June 1917
Place of death or woundingPloegsteert, Belgium
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialLondon Rifle Brigade Cemetery (Plot IV, Row A, Grave No. 12), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
14
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred and Hannah PEARCE, Thane's Creek, Queensland. Native of Pratten, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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