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Arthur Raymond Benjamin PIERCE

Regimental number3360
Place of birthBrisbane Queensland
ReligionSalvation Army
OccupationGrocer's assistant
AddressSouth Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, Alfred Pierce, Gratton Street off Ipswich Road, South Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date2 June 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name41st Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/58/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 14 June 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll41st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 28 March 1918
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row D, Grve No. 5), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
134
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Albert and Florence PIERCE, Gratton Street, Ipswick Road, Brisbane, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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