Charles Edward Pearson

Forenames

Charles Edward AWMM

Surname

• Pearson AWMM
• Person
  Public - Ezra - Other relative - 3 January 2026 - Military Personnel File, NZBDM.
  
  Note: Charles's correct surname is Person, it has likely been mistranscribed when he signed up.
  
  His father's (Johan) original surname was Persson (Swedish), which was anglicised or mistranscribed from Persson to Person when he came to New Zealand.

Service number

WWI 10/1612 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Anglican

Public - Ezra - Other relative - 3 January 2026 - Military Personnel File.

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM 8 Harris Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Pearson (mother), Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/1612 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 17 or HMNZT 18 or HMNZT 19 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima AWMM Private AWMM Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM 3rd Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM
Wellington Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

Charles Pearson was the son of Johan and Marie Pearson, of "Brighthelmstone" Kohimarama, Auckland, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mrs Pearson, Kohimarama, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

29 Jan 1918 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM III. O. 37 AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20800013
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/96779/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/96779
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 573
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.