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Ambrose Stanley Pearce (1893 - 1915)

Ambrose Stanley Pearce
Born in Hawker, South Australia, Australiamap
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Died at age 21 in Gallipoli, Turkeymap
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Ambrose Pearce was born in the Colony of South Australia (1836-1900)
Ambrose Pearce is an Anzac who served in World War One.
Roll of Honor
Private Ambrose Pearce was killed in action during World War I.

Ambrose was born in 1893. He is the son of William Pearce and Georgina Bales. [1]

He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 28 August 1914, aged 20 years and 8 months, occupation carpenter, his next of kin was his father W. H. Pearce, Quorn, South Australia. Ambrose embarked from Adelaide on HMAT Ascanius A11 on 20 October 1914 with the 10th Australian Infantry Battalion. He was killed in action at the landing in Gallipoli, sometime between the 25th and 29th April 1915. He was 21 years old.

Sources

  1. ↑ Birth Registrations, South Australia, Book 535 Page 54.
  • Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office; B2455, First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, PEARCE Ambrose Stanley : Service Number 679 National Archives Australia: 8008898 Item image
  • Roll of Honour. (Australian War Memorial, http://www.awm.gov.au : accessed 11 Feb 2024) entry for Private Ambrose Stanley Pearce, Service number 679, 10th Australian Infantry Battalion Image
  • Private Ambrose Stanley Pearce (Commonwealth War Graves Commission, https://www.cwgc.org : accessed 11 Feb 2024) Service number: 679, Unit: Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 10th Bn. Date of death: Died Between 25 April 1915 and 29 April 1915 Age 21 years old. Buried: Beach Cemetery, Anzac I. B. 15. Turkey (including Gallipoli).
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed February 11, 2024), memorial page for Ambrose Stanley Pearce (–), Find A Grave: Memorial #56395270, citing Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli, Çanakkale, Türkiye; Maintained by Cobber (contributor 50072026).
  • Ambrose Stanley Pearce Virtual War Memorial Australia




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Categories: Quorn War Memorial, Quorn, South Australia | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide, South Australia | Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey | 10th Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, World War I | HMAT A11 Ascanius, Oct 1914 | Hawker, South Australia | Anzacs, World War I | Killed in Action, Australia, World War I