John PEARSON

Regimental number21162
OccupationMounted policeman
Next of kinMother, Mrs S Pearson, Rongomai, Roseneath, Wellington
Rank on embarkationSergeant Major
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 18th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 67 Tofua on 11 October 1916
Final rankSergeant
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 4 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialBancourt British Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No 23), nr Bapaume, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Susan Pearson, Armagh, Ireland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 43, p. 9

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