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CARLESS, Pearcey Harold
Personal Details
| Service Number: | WX19048 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 January 1942, Claremont, WA |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dunolly, Victoria, Australia, 16 June 1914 |
| Home Town: | Como, South Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not known |
| Occupation: | Hairdresser |
| Died: | Killed in Action, New Guinea, 26 November 1943, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery Ref. U D 4 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, WX19048 | |
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| 15 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), WX19048, Claremont, WA | |
| 15 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, WX19048, 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 Nov 1943: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, WX19048, 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Pearcey Harold CARLESS was born at Dunolly, Victoria on 16th June, 1914
His parents were Frederick Walter CARLESS & Ellen MASON
He married Emilia Edith Joyce WALLIS in Perth, WA in 1940 - one child Lynette
He enlisted in Claremont, WA on 15th January, 1942 - he served in the Middle East & then proceeded to New Guinea
Pearcey was Killed in Action in New Guinea on 26th November, 1943 - he is buried in Lae War Cemetery & his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Roll of Honour in Perth, WA
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