John Joseph PEARSON

Regimental number24/2552
OccupationHawker
Next of kinDaughter, I B L Ward, 374 Madras Street, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1915, 5th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 12 September 1918
Place of burialGrevillers British Cemetery (Plot XIII, Row B, Grave No 11), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Daughter: Miss Ivy Beatrice Pearson, 48 Kilmore Street, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 27, p. 7