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Identity
Person No.
19884
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Pearse 5
First Name
Walter Josiah
Initials
W J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1891 (±1 yr) 439
Age at Death
26
Military Service
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
Royal Horse Artillery 23
Unit
5th Bde. 3
Secondary Unit
"Z" Bty.
Defence Force
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
09 April 1917 320
Cause code
DOW 2,688
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds 2,395
Died of wounds, gas
Grave Reference
VI. C. 13. 1
Location
Country
France 5,136
Locality
Pas de Calais 1,577
Cemetery
ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI 8
Coordinates
50.34215, 2.68709
Notes

Son of E. T. W. and May C. Pearse, of Kamloops, British Columbia. Rhodes Scholar. Arts student 1908-11 McGill University, Montreal. McGill Rhodes Scholar to Oxford, 1911. Commissioned December 11, 1914 as 2nd Lieutenant in Royal Horse Artillery. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918

Citations

LG Sup 4 June 1917 pg. 5483 - "King's Birthday Honours"

LG Sup 4 June 1917 pg. 5483 p.5483
LG Sup 4 June 1917 pg. 5483 p.5483
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