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Frederick Alfred PEARCE

Regimental number2972
Place of birthVictor Harbor, South Australia
SchoolNarpin State School, nr Mount Barker, Western Australia
OccupationFarm hand
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, George Pearce, Woogenellup, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Place of enlistmentBlackboy Hill, Western Australia
Unit name48th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 9 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion, Australian Machine Gun Corps
FateDied of wounds 18 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialEbblinghem Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No 10), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
175
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Eva PEARCE
Family/military connectionsCousin: 10765 Gunner Alfred Charles EWEN, 3rd Trench Mortar Brigade, killed in action, 2 June 1917.
SourcesNAA: B2455, PEARCE Frederick Alfred

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