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Eric Edwin PEIRCE

Regimental number768
Place of birthBrisbane Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
AddressCampbell Street, Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, W G Peirce, Campbell Street, Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military service2nd AGA
Enlistment date29 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameHeavy Artillery Group 36, Reinforcement 8
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/49/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 30 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll36th Heavy Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 30 September 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialThe Huts Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row D, Grave No. 6), Dickebusch, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
19
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Walter George and Madeline Amelia PEIRCE, Campbell Street, Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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