Regimental number | 2972 |
Place of birth | Victor Harbor, South Australia |
School | Narpin State School, nr Mount Barker, Western Australia |
Occupation | Farm hand |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Next of kin | Father, George Pearce, Woogenellup, Western Australia |
Previous military service | Nil |
Place of enlistment | Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
Unit name | 48th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Battalion, Australian Machine Gun Corps |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Age at death from cemetery records | 19 |
Place of burial | Ebblinghem 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 connections | Cousin: 10765 Gunner Alfred Charles EWEN, 3rd Trench Mortar Brigade, killed in action, 2 June 1917. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, PEARCE Frederick Alfred |