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Pearse-F-V-Pte-1186

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Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

The band of the 30th Battalion with their musical instruments prior to embarkation. Most members of this band played with the Manly Municipal Band prior to enlistment. Pte F V Pearse has been identified as being in this photo, though his position unknown. AWM Collection P02004.001

Pearse F V Pte 1186 Frank Vivian 30 Inf Bn 24 Letter carrier and saddler Single C of E

Address: Bankstown, NSW

Next of Kin: Pearse, John, Father, Central Bankstown, NSW

142 Dudley St, West Melbourne

8 Marwick St, Flemington

86 Union Rd, Ascot Vale

Enlisted: 1 Aug 1915

Embarked: A72 Beltana 9 Nov 1915 (Sydney)

Prior service: Essendon & Flemington Rifle Club

Frank Vivian Pearse was born in Flemington in 1891 to parents Annie Elizabeth Parker and John Pearse. His father appears in the electoral rolls at 8 Marwick St in 1909 and 1914 as initially a collarmaker and later a saddler. The collarmaking may have been related to horse collars rather than gentlemen's collars. Frank evidently had saddling in his range of skills when he joined the army.

This photo was lately located behind a mantelpiece during a renovation at 8 Marwick St, Flemington. The men are all Light Horsemen, so does not include Frank Pearse who was an Infantryman. The photo was taken at the Alma Studio in Footscray. They may have been cousins of Frank, or his wife, Daisy Gladys Nixon, if they were engaged before the war. Please get in touch if you know who they are.