Herbert Varcoe PEARCE

Regimental number4753
Place of birthLeichhardt, Sydney, New South Wales
SchoolLeichhardt Public School, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationIron furnaceman
Addressc/o E Attwood, Taymer Street, Marrickville, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinWife, Mrs F S Pearce, c/o Mr E Attwood, 16 Tamar Street, Marrickville, New South Wales
Enlistment date18 December 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll4 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name20th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/37/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 13 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll20th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 16 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death31
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot VI, Row E, Grave No. 2), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
92
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Isabella PEARCE; husband of Florence Sarah PEARCE, Cropley Street, Rhodes, Sydney, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal