Henry Thomas PEARCE

Regimental number10/1121
Date of birth25 January 1887
Place of birthNew South Wales, Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTelegraph linesman
AddressDannevirke
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 10.5"
Weight159 lbs
Next of kinWilliam Pearce, Engine driver, Junee Junction, New South Wales, Australia
Previous military serviceAustralian Engineers (5 years)
Enlistment date22 August 1914
Place of enlistmentMasterton
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 6 March 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Embarked Alexandria with unit to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Admitted to HS 'Sicilia', Dardanelles, 28 June 1915 (enteritis); transferred to Egyptian Army Hospital, Cairo, 8 July 1915; to No.1 Stationary Hospital, Port Said, 16 July 1915; discharged to duty, 2 August 1915.

Admitted to NZ General Hospital, Cairo, 27 August 1915 (debility); discharged, 8 September 1915, and marched into Australian Base Depot, Mustapha, the same day.

Marched into Convalescent Camp, Mustapha, 20 September 1915.

Marched into Australian Base Depot, Mustapha, 9 October 1915.

Admitted to No.19 General Hospital, Alexandria, 20 October 1915; transferred to NZ General Hospital, Abbassia, 21 November 1915 (not yet diagnosed); to Convalescent Hospital, Helouan, 4 January 1916 (enteritis and rheumatism); discharged, 2 February 1916.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HS 'Maheno', 6 March 1916; disembarked New Zealand, 1 January 1916; discharged (medically unfit), 10 May 1916.

Total war service: 1 year 262 days (of which 1 year 178 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20799901

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