PEARCE, William Henry Srodzinski
Service Number: | 3237 |
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Enlisted: | 28 September 1916 |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 4th Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Devonshire, England, United Kingdom, 1896 |
Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Furzeham Council School, UK |
Occupation: | Wardsman |
Died: | Died of Wounds, France, 27 April 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension Grave IV. K. 1. Inscription: Dearly loved, proudly remembered at home, Brixham, Devon, England |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, West Wallsend Methodist Church Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
28 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3237, 54th Infantry Battalion | |
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11 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3237, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
11 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3237, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
27 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3237, 4th Machine Gun Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Born in Brixham in 1897.
POSSIBLY………………Births Mar 1897 Pearce William Henry Stoke D. 5b 328.
He was 21 and the son of William Henry and Beatrice Pearce, of 14, Fore St., Brixham, Devon, England.
He is one of three Australian casualties of the Great War honoured on the Brixham War Memorial.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
His third forename was his mother’s maiden name.
Births Dec 1896 Pearce William Henry S Totnes 5b 159
Marriages Jun 1892 Newton A. 5b 310
PEARCE William Henry
Srodzinski Beatrice
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He served five years in the Mercantile Marine-as the Merchant Navy was then styled.