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PEARCE, David
(Service number 7/423)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank	Trooper

Birth

Date	03/11/1892	Place of Birth	Geraldine

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Manchester Street, Christchurch
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	David PEARCE, Arundel, Canterbury
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Tahiti or Athenic
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Mounted Rifles

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
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

Tubercle of lung

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	1 April 1968	Age	75 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Orowaiti Cemetery, Westport
Memorial Reference	RSA Section F, Block 27, Plot 55
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

David Pearce was the oldest son of David and Annie (née Kelly) Pearce. It is said that he died as a result of a mining accident.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database {26 December 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [24 December 2016]; Orowaiti Cemetery, Westport burial record (Buller District Council) [29 December 2016]; Orowaiti Cemetery, Westport headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch NZSG cemetery records) [29 December 2016]

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