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Full Name
Rupert Leslie Pearson
Rank Last Held
Gunner
Forename(s)
Rupert Leslie
Surname
Pearson
War
World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.
50560
Gender
Male
First Known Rank
Gunner
Occupation before Enlistment
Boilermaker
Next of Kin
Mrs Agnes E. Pearson (mother), Sealey Street, Thames, New Zealand
Body on Embarkation
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Unit
29th Reinforcements New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation Date
13 August 1917
Place of Embarkation
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport
HMNZT 91
Vessel
Mokoia
Destination
Glasgow, Scotland
Nominal Roll Number
70
Page on Nominal Roll
23
Last Unit Served
New Zealand Field Artillery
Place of Death
France
Date of Death
19 April 1918
Age at Death
20
Year of Death
1918
Cause of Death
Died of wounds
Cemetery Name
Haringhe (Bandaghem) Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Grave Reference
I. F. 15.
Biographical Notes
Rupert Pearson was the son of Agnes E. Pearson and stepson of Peter Pearson, of Sealey St., Thames, New Zealand.
Further References
Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.
Sources Used
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1918
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org