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PEARSON, Robert David
Personal Details
Service Number: | 4218 |
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Enlisted: | 10 January 1916 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 4th Australian Division Base Depot |
Born: | Oldbury, Worcestershire, England, 14 November 1893 |
Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Blacksmiths' Striker |
Died: | Natural causes, Claremont, Western Australia, 30 August 1975, aged 81 years |
Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Cremated - Memorial Plaque |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
10 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4218, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) | |
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15 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) | |
1 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) | |
1 Jun 1916: | Embarked Sergeant, 4218, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Fremantle | |
1 Jun 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 4218, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
1 Jun 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 4218, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
1 Jun 1916: | Embarked Sergeant, 4218, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Fremantle | |
14 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4th Pioneer Battalion | |
14 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4th Australian Division Base Depot | |
15 Feb 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4218, 4th Australian Division Base Depot, HT Llanstephan Castle, Plymouth for return to Australia (medically unfit - eyesight) - arriving on 7 April 1918. | |
15 May 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4218, 4th Australian Division Base Depot |
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