Regimental number | 2561 |
Place of birth | Pearcedale, Victoria |
Other Names | William Henry |
School | Somerville State School, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Piercedale, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 27 |
Next of kin | Father, Nathaniel Pearce, Piercedale, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 14th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/31/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Makarini on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 14th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Enlisted on the 27th January 1915 and was in camp in Victoria 9 months during that time he was rejected twice but finally passed and sailed from Port Melbourne on the Makarini on the 10th Sept. He was a bombing Sergeant and served at Egypt, Gallipoli and France. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death | 28.11 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 28 |
Place of burial | Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension (Plot I, Row K, Grave No. 4), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 73 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Nathaniel and Mary Brace PEARCE, Pearcedale, Somerville, Victoria |