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Identity
Person No.
19871
Service No.
447
Last Name
First Name
Richard Thomas
Initials
R T
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
33
Military Service
Rank
Private
Secondary Unit
"D" Coy.
Defence Force
UDF 22,700
Union Defence Force
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,311
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action. On the 12th October 1916, the 2nd and 4th S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The assault died away because of machine guns nests, placed well back in prepared positions, which caught the attacking waves at long range
Notes

Son of Thomas Martin Pearce, of P.O. Grosmere, Transvaal. Born at St. Ives, Cornwall, England. (Served as Thomas SINCLAIR).

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