Herbert PEARCE

Regimental number12/1762
Place of birthBallarat, Victoria, Australia
AddressKirkpatrick, Taihape
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, Richard Pearce, 3 Early Avenue, Avondale, Victoria, Australia
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 4 Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitAuckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 17 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialChatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery (Row J, Grave No 56), Alexandria, Egypt
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Husband of Edith Willard (formerly Pearce), of East St., Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Died in Egypt of wounds sustained at Gallipoli.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Infantry Batln/Third