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Lot 995    Day 1    Return & Departure Gold Fobs

Estimate $750
Bid at live.noble.com.au

TOTARA HAZELBURN RAINCLIFF OPIHI DISTRICTS, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 9.60g, 27x27mm), by P. Ltd (Petersen, Christchurch), ring top suspension, obverse inscribed 'JAP', reverse inscribed 'Lance Cpl./J.A.Pearce/26th Reinf/Sailed 9-6-17/Returned/21-8-19'.Very fine.

47360 Lance Corporal John Andrew Pearce, farm hand, born 16 August 1890 at Pleasant Point, enlisted 20 February 1917 in 26th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company, NZEF, embarked from New Zealand 9 June 1917. Returned to NZ 2 July 1919 and discharged 17 September 1919. Died at Pleasant Point on 9 November 1922 when struck by lightning.

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