PEARCE W.H.

Given Names:  William Henry

Service Number:  73

Unit:  8th Light Horse Regiment, A Section                                                                       

Rank:  Shoeing Smith                                                                                                     

Paybook Number: 

Age:  22 Yrs  3 Mths

Occupation:  Farrier                                                                                                       

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8½ In                  

Weight:  162 Lbs

Chest:  33-34½ In

Hair:  Dark

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Dark

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  11/9/1914

Place:  Ferntree Gully

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Elizabeth Pearce

6 Scott Street, East Kew, Victoria                                                                                     

Embarkation Date:  25/2/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Star of Victoria A16

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Dunluce Castle                                

Embarked:  17/7/1919                               

Disembarked:  26/8/1919

Unit:  3rd Light Horse Regiment                                                                                                     

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  6/1/1920                         

Place: 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  2250

British War Medal:  7710

Victory Medal:  7636

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  21/7/1898

Place:  Goodwood, South Australia          

Father:  Alfred Francis PEARCE                           

Mother:  Elizabeth BLOWER

MARRIAGE

Year:  1914     

Place:             

Spouse: Louisa Day FEWKES

DEATH

Date or Year: 4/4/1953                            

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Springvale Walls of Remembrance

Holy Trinity Church

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  VX132333                                   

Date Enlisted:  28/12/1942                                      

Date Discharged:  21/3/1944

COMMENTS

Embarkation role shows next of kin, Mr D Pearce, Scotia Street, Moonee Ponds