Arthur Patrick Hector Pierce
Born 27 Jul 1879 - Died 17 Oct 1918
- Service number
- WWI 17322 AWMM
- Also known as
- A.F.H. Pierce AWMM
- Hector AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Second Corporal AWMM New Zealand Engineers, Field Troop AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Arthur Patrick Hector AWMM
- Surname
- Pierce AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- A.F.H. Pierce AWMM
- Hector AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 17322 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 27 Jul 1879 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Pre May 1916 AWMM Kitchener Road, Lake Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs Winifred Ethel Pierce (wife), 'Bickleigh', Kitchener Road, Lake Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 19 Apr 1917 AWMM Married AWMM
Married, 3 children AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 17322 AWMM
- Military service
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Military decorations
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 May 1916 AWMM
Age 37 AWMM
Architect/Civilian AWMM - Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 19 Apr 1917-19 Jun 1917 AWMM
Moeraki 19 April 1917 AWMM Vessel was Moeraki AWMM Quartermaster Sergeant AWMM 24th Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
5 foot 10 inches AWMM - Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
11 stone AWMM - Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Blue AWMM - Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of malaria AWMM
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Second Corporal AWMM
New Zealand Engineers, Field Troop AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of George Patrick Pierce and Eleanor Pierce (nee Connell) ; husband of Winifred E. Pierce (nee Lewis).
Attended King's College 1896
Architect, Bamford & Pierce, together they designed Coolangatta house, Remuera, Auckland, an exceptional Arts and Crafts house, demolished in 2006.
He also designed the building Pierce Buildings on the corner of Khyber pass and Symonds Street for his mother who owned the land.
He also designed the tea kiosk in the Domain as part of the Exhibition.
Remembered on the Takapuna War Memorial, The Strand, Takapuna.
Known as Hector. Named A.F.H. Pierce on the Takapuna War Memorial. Moeraki then transfer to Port Sydney at Sydney for Suez.
Next of Kin: Mrs W. E. Pierce, Takapuna, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 17 Oct 1918 AWMM
Age 36 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Died of Sickness AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel AWMM Z21 AWMM
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Memorial street name: Pierce Road, Milford, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Takapuna War Memorial, The Strand, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Takapuna War Memorial, (ex RSA Roll, on a boulder), The Strand, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
- Takapuna Primary School, Anzac Street, Takapuna, Auckland AWMM
- King's College Memorial Chapel at King's College, Otahuhu, Auckland, World War 1 Roll of Honour.Public - King's College Archive - Researcher - 14 May 2026 - King's College Memorial Chapel
Related objects
Related Serviceperson
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20801607
Further Reference - Farrell-Green, S. (2007). Coolangatta Gold. Metro June, p. 52 - 59.
http://www.farrellgreen.com/downloads/coolangatta.pdf
Further Reference - Timespanner: A blog about Avondale, Auckland and New Zealand History. Pierce Building now Symond Court, Symonds Street, Auckland.
http://timespanner.blogspot.co.nz/2011/07/pierce-building-now-symond-court.html
Further Reference - Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Takapuna War Memorial
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/takapuna-war-memorial
Further Reference - Takapuna War Memorial Index, Auckland Council Archives
http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/AUC193/searchtakapuna.htm
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/653111/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/653111
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
58: 3 - King's College, Auckland. (1918). King's College, Auckland : the Great War, 1914-18. Auckland, N.Z.: The College.
- Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 1: Includes portrait - The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
- Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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