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Identity
Person No.
19884
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Walter Josiah
Initials
W J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
26
Military Service
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Secondary Unit
"Z" Bty.
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, gas
Grave Reference
Additional Information
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

Citation

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

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #19884