Caro James Pierce

Lieutenant Colonel

MC, MiD (WW1), ED

Awards

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of James and Elizabeth Pierce, of Stratford, Taranaki; husband of Elsie May Pierce, of Hamilton. Also served in 1914-18 War.

References:

CWGC

WW2 RoH

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

" Lieut.- Colonel Caro James Pierce, M.C.. E.D., died in Hamilton last night after a protracted illness. Colonel Pierce, who served on Gallipoli and was wounded in the Table Top engagement, on being promoted to commissioned rank served in the Palestine campaign and was awarded the Military Cross. Following the war he farmed at Paterangi. He took a keen interest in the Territorial training and commanded the Waikato Mounted Rifles at the outbreak of the present war. He was in command of the Divisional Cavalry of the First Echelon, and after serving in the Western Desert was invalided home.

Ten days ago Colonel Pierce received a cable message from Major-General B. C. Freyberg expressing the sympathy of the troops in his illness. The message read: “1 send you kindest, remembrances and sympathy in your illness from all the members of the Divisional Cavalry, who remember the great work you did here in command of the Divisional Cavalry, and also my personal good wishes.”

[Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20622, 1 August 1941, Page 6]

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Casualty

Service Number:

1077

Name:

Caro James Pierce

Rank:

Lieutenant Colonel

Date of Birth:

05 February 1893

Place of Birth:

New Zealand

Next of Kin:

James Pierce (father), Flint Road, Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand|Mrs Eliza May Pierce (wife), 90 Firth Street, Hamilton East, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Enlistment Address:

Flint Road, Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand|P.O. Box 7, Ohoupo, New Zealand

Occupation on Enlistment:

Farmer|Farmer

Unit:

New Zealand Armoured Corps

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Died of Sickness

Date of Death:

31 July 1941

Day of Death:

Thursday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Bodies of Embarkation:

Main Body
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 1st Echelon

Embarkation Place:

Wellington, New Zealand

Transport:

HMNZT 6
HMNZT 10

Vessel:

Orari or Arawa

Destination:

Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Hamilton East Public Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

Soldiers Area E4, Row C, Grave 28.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand