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Ralph Hinde PEARCE

Regimental number2638
Place of birthRandwick, Sydney, New South Wales
SchoolEast Maitland Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationNurseryman
AddressBanks Street, East Maitland, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, John Edward Pearce, Banks Street, East Maitland, New South Wales
Previous military service14th Infantry; Served 4 years in NSW Cadet Force.
Enlistment date7 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name34th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/51/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Napier on 17 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll34th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 28 May 1917
Place of death or woundingPloegsteert, Belgium
Age at death19
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialStrand Mililtary Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 9), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
124
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Edward and Mary Hamilton PEARCE, Banks Street, East Maitland, New South Wales. Native of Randwick, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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