NATION, Pearson Gillard
| Service Number: | SX5781 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 19 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Division Ammunition Sub-Park |
| Born: | Magill, South Australia, 30 January 1916 |
| Home Town: | Aldgate, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Thailand, 5 January 1945, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery 1 E 9 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 19 Jun 1940: | Involvement Private, SX5781, Enlistment/Embarkation WW2 | |
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| 19 Jun 1940: |
Involvement
Private, SX5781, 8th Division Ammunition Sub-Park, Malaya/Singapore, 8th Divisional Ammunition Sub Park |
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| 19 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Aldgate, South Australia | |
| 19 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX5781 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
Returning POW,s
Pearson "Pete" Nation was my uncle, the brother of my mother. He was the only surviving son of my grand-parents and they felt his loss very deeply. For months after the end of the war they would meet trains carrying returning soldiers or POW,s in the forlorn hope that somehow a mistake had been made and he was alive and had returned home but it was not to be and he lies buried in Thailand.
Submitted 13 April 2018 by gregory martin
Biography
Born 30 January 1916 in Magill, Adelaide, South Australia
(SA Birth Record 1907 - 1928, Book : 973 Page : 239 District : Nor.)
Father Edwin Samuel Gillard NATION and Mother Kate Matilda PEARSON.
19/6/1940 Enlisted at Aldgate, South Australia
****Service records need to be ordered through National Archives of Australia as they have not yet been scanned for viewing.****
Pearson served with the 8th Divisional Ammunition Sub Park.
He was a prisoner of war at the time of his death.
5/1/1945 died in Thailand
His name is located at panel 83 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian
War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 9/4/2015. Lest we forget.
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