2nd Corporal

William Pearse

MiD (WW1), MSM (NZ)

Awards

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of John Gooding Pearse and Agnes Scott Pearse; husband of Kate Pearse, of 14, Morris St., Napier. Served in Egypt, 1916, the Asiatic, 1916-17, and on the Western Front.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
4/2205
Name:
William Pearse
Rank: 
2nd Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs A. Pearse (wife), Rhine Street, Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
Lineman
Unit:
New Zealand Engineers

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Date of Death:
28 December 1919
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
38
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
04 March 1916
Transport:

HMNZT 47
HMNZT 48
Vessel:
Willochra or Tofua
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Block 42C. Lot 10.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
William Pearse
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