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Henry George PEARCE

Regimental number2504
Place of birthCambridge, Tasmania
SchoolSorell State School, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address21 Hill Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jane Pearce, 21 Hill Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Enlistment date21 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT Ballarat on 9 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 30 November 1916
Place of death or woundingNo 1 Australian General Hospital, France
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block O, Plot III, Row O, Grave No. 4), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
108
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Langley and Jane PEARCE, 21 Hill Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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