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Lieutenant Colonel CARO JAMES PIERCE

Service Number: 1077
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Armoured Corps

Date of Death

Died 31 July 1941

Age 48 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAMILTON EAST PUBLIC CEMETERY

Soldiers Area E4, Row C, Grave 28.

New Zealand

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Awards Military Cross, Efficiency Decoration, Twice Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of James and Elizabeth Pierce, of Stratford, Taranaki; husband of Elsie May Pierce, of Hamilton. Also served in 1914-18 War.
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Buried or commemorated at

HAMILTON EAST PUBLIC CEMETERY
Hamilton City New Zealand
Number of casualties: 51
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