PEARSE, Richard William
(Service number 63410)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 3 December 1877 | Place of Birth | Temuka |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Milton, Otago | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Next of Kin | Digary PEARSE (father), Temuka | ||
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 | 32nd Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company | ||
| Date | 21 November 1917 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 29 July 1953 | Age | 75 years |
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| Place of Death | Sunnyside Hospital, Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
Richard William Pearse was the third son of Digory Sargent and Sarah Ann (née Browne) Pearse. Digory and Sarah had married in 1871 at Timaru and had ten children born in South Canterbury. Richard was farming at Milton when he called up. Another brother, John Brown Pearse, was called up
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [24 October 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [25 October 2019]
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