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PEARCE, William John Larcombe
(Service number 72042)

Aliases	Jack
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	16/08/1897	Place of Birth	Hammersmith, England

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Winchester, South Canterbury
Occupation	Farm hand
Previous Military Experience	2nd South Canterbury Regiment - still serving
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	Mrs W. J. L. PEARCE (wife), c/o Mrs Bell, Winchester, South Canterbury; Mrs Bert Levens (sister), Birkett Street, Temuka
Religion	Presbyterian
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Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

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Death

Date	20 October 1920	Age	23 years
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Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 125, Plot 465
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

William John Larcombe Pearce, known as Jack, was the younger son of William and Mary Pearce. His mother had died prior to his enlistment, about 2 years after coming to New Zealand. The family had migrated about 1900, In January 1901 his brother and his sister Mary Anne entered Temuka School from a London school, while William started at Temuka School in 1901. William married Margaret jane Lindsay on 3 April 1918 at Temuka.

Sources

Temuka Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [26 March 2017]

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