Richard Piercey

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First Name:

Richard

Last Name:

Piercey

Mother's Name:

Emma (nee Robinson)

Father's Name:

William Piercey

Date Enlisted:

Sunday, June 27, 1915

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Private

Unit:

2nd Battalion

Company:

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

1914/1915 Star

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Thursday, April 20, 1916

Place of Death:

France

Cause of Death:

Accident

Details:

Private Richard Piercey (Service no. 3121) was born in Maidenhead England circa 1888. He travelled to Australia and at the time of enlistment was a single 27 year old pastry cook living and working in Wollongong.

He embarked on HMAT A69 Warilda with 10th Reinforcements 2nd Battalion on 8th October, 1915. After training he went to France and while in the trenches was accidentally killed when a dugout fell in on him. He is buried in Rue-Du-Bois Military Cemetery France; Plot I, Row E, Grave 36.

Private Piercey is remembered on the Wollongong Congregational Church Roll of Honour.

Sources:

NAA: B2455, PIERCEY RICHARD