Frederick Herbert Pearce (4 September 1916 – 8 May 1964) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p.695.
Family The son of Edmund John Pearce (1878–1946), and Lillian Pearce (1882–1947), née Andrews,Deaths: Pearce, The Age, (Wednesday, 7 May 1947), p.8. Frederick Herbert Pearce was born at Collingwood, Victoria on 4 September 1916.
He married Joyce Lorraine Miller (D.O.B. 4th June 1919), in 1940.
Military service Pearce served in the Australian Army during World War II,Nominal Roll. and saw active service in New Guinea where his battalion was involved in the fight against the Japanese at Isurava on the Kokoda Tack in 1942. He suffered from both dengue fever and malaria while serving.Cullen (2015), p.425.
Death He died at Abbotsford, Victoria on 8 May 1964.Deaths: Pearce, The Age, (Monday, 11 May 1964), p.13.
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References
B883, VX119405: World War Two Service Record: Private Frederick Herbert Pearce (VX119405), National Archives of Australia.
External links
Fred Pearce at The VFA Project Fred Pearce's profile at Collingwood Forever