Robert David PEARSON

PEARSON, Robert David

Service Number: 4218
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
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World War 1 Service

10 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4218, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company)
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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