Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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PEARSALL, ARTHUR MCBAIN

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Studio portrait of 6849 Private (Pte) Arthur McBain Pearsall, 12th Battalion, of Rokeby, Tasmania, formerly of New Zealand. A farmer prior to enlistment, Pte Pearsall embarked on board HMAT Ulysses (A38) on 25 October 1916. He arrived for further training in England in December 1916, but spent several weeks hospitalised with the mumps. In June 1917 he arrived in France and rejoined his Battalion during July. Admitted to hospital in France with suspected appendicitis in August, he arrived at the Front on 25 September 1917. On 30 September 1917, Pte Pearsall was killed in action at Polygon Wood, near Ypres, Belgium. He was 28 years of age

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