PEARCE, Walter Hillary
(Service number 40045)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 8 February 1886 | Place of Birth | Timaru or Pleasant Point |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Commercial Hotel, Wanganui | ||
| Occupation | Farm hand | ||
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| Next of Kin | E. PEARCE (father), Hazelburn, Pleasant Point, South Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | F Company | ||
| Date | 14 March 1917 | ||
| Transport | Ruapehu | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 4 April 1962 | Age | 76 years |
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| Place of Death | Albury | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Albury Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Walter Hillary Pearce, who enlisted as Walter Henry Pearce, was the second son of Edwin and Margaret Jessie (née Edwards) Pearce. His mother died in 1902. Walter was baprised at St Albans Anglican Church, Pleasant Point. His brother Ernest died in the Timaru Hospital in 1909 as a result of a riding accident. His brother Andrew also served in in World War I. His sister Louisa married John Alexander McAuley who died of disease near Gallipoli in 1915. Walter married Beratrice Allen in 1925.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [25 January 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [25 January 2019]; Albury Cemetery headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch NZSG cemetery records) [25 January 2019]
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