PEARCE R.C.

Given Names:   Charles Rupert (Reubin)

Service Number:  3018

Unit:  Divisional Ammunition Column                                                                                

Rank:  Gunner  

Paybook Number:  26918

Age:  19 Yrs  3 Mths

Occupation:  Printer                                                                                                       

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8¼ In                  

Weight:  143 Lbs

Chest:  35 In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  3/9/1914

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Elizabeth Pearce

6 Scott Street, East Kew, Victoria                                                                                     

Embarkation Date:  2/11/1914

Port:  Fremantle                                        

Ship:  HMAT Medic A7

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Borda    

Embarked:  20/10/1918                             

Disembarked:  15/12/1918

Unit:  2nd Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                    

Rank:  Gunner

Discharge Date:  16/2/1919                       

Place: 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  25223

British War Medal:  656

Victory Medal:  656

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1896

Place:  Carlton, Victoria                           

Father:  Alfred Francis PEARCE               

Mother:  Elizabeth BLOWER

MARRIAGE

Year:  1920     

Place:             

Spouse:  NOAK Brie Marie

DEATH

Date or Year: 29/6/1942                          

Place: Caulfield Repatriation Hospital, Victoria                                                         

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 29/10/1917; gassed

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Auburn State School

Hawthorn Town Hall

Springvale Walls of Remembrance

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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