Fred Pearce (footballer)

Fred Pearce
Pearce in 1938
Personal information
Full name Frederick Herbert Pearce
Date of birth (1916-09-04)4 September 1916
Place of birth Collingwood, Victoria
Date of death 8 May 1964(1964-05-08) (aged 47)
Place of death Abbotsford, Victoria
Original team(s) North Fitzroy
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1938 Collingwood 4 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Frederick Herbert Pearce (4 September 1916 – 8 May 1964) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of Edmund John Pearce (1878–1946), and Lillian Pearce (1882–1947), née Andrews,[2] 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,[3] 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.[4]

Death

He died at Abbotsford, Victoria on 8 May 1964.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.695.
  2. ^ Deaths: Pearce, The Age, (Wednesday, 7 May 1947), p.8.
  3. ^ Nominal Roll.
  4. ^ Cullen (2015), p.425.
  5. ^ Deaths: Pearce, The Age, (Monday, 11 May 1964), p.13.

References

  • "World War II Nominal Roll: Private Frederick Herbert Pearce (VX119405)". Department of Veterans' Affairs.
  • B883, VX119405: World War Two Service Record: Private Frederick Herbert Pearce (VX119405), National Archives of Australia.
  • Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than Football: League Players at War. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.
  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
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