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Caro James Pierce

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Portrait, WW2 - This image may be subject to copyright

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Caro James AWMM
  • Surname
    Pierce AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 11/597 AWMM
    • WWII 1077 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 February 1893 AWMM New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW1 Flint Road, Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 P.O. Box 7, Ohoupo, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW1 James Pierce (father), Flint Road, Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs Eliza May Pierce (wife), 52 Hamilton Street, Hamilton East, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Caro Pierce was the son of James and Elizabeth Pierce, of Stratford, Taranaki; husband of Elsie May Pierce, of Hamilton AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    31 July 1941 AWMM
    Age 48 AWMM
    New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Hamilton East Cemetery, Hungerford Crescent, Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM Soldiers Area E4, Row C, Grave 28. AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • Documents
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 582 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 1: WW2 144 AWMM
    • Williams, E. G. (1914-1918). [Williams Album 2]. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tamaki Paenga Hira. PH-ALB-211. AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 1: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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