John Strachan PEARSON

Regimental number13/2236
AddressTangiteroia
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs L K Pearson, 109 Ashley Gardens, Westminster, London SW, England
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 6th Reinforcements, Auckland Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tofua on 14 August 1915
Final rankCorporal
Final unitNew Zealand Machine Gun Battalion
FateDied of disease 4 November 1918
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialAlexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery (Row A, Grave No 177), Alexandria, Egypt
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: H.J. & Laura K. Pearson, 109 Ashley Gardens, Westminster, London, England
Other details

Died of disease contracted in Palestine.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Mounted Rifles/Sixth