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PEARCE, William Richard
(Service number 29189)

William Richard Pearce of Orari, taken in 1916. — (Courtesy of J Pearse, South Canterbury Museum L2014/011.01)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	abt 1894	Place of Birth	New Zealand

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Contractor
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	John Pearce (father), Orari, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	18th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Date	11 October 1916
Transport	Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Plymouth, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date		Age	74
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Geraldine Cemetery, South Canterbury, New Zealand
Memorial Reference	row 442 plot 207
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

He was conscripted into the army in May 1917 and was sent overseas in January 1918, but fell ill and returned to New Zealand later that year. Son of John and Elizabeth Ann Pearce.

Sources

Cenotaph (25 May 2014);

External Links

Researched and Written by

Ann Munro, SC branch NZSG

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