Casualty Details

Name: PIERCE, CARO JAMES
Initials: C J
Nationality: New Zealand
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Regiment/Service: New Zealand Armoured Corps
Age: 48
Date of Death: 31/07/1941
Service No: 1077
Awards: M C, E D, Twice Mentioned in Despatches
Additional information: Son of James and Elizabeth Pierce, of Stratford, Taranaki; husband of Elsie May Pierce, of Hamilton. Also served in 1914-18 War.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Soldiers Area E4, Row C, Grave 28.
Cemetery: HAMILTON EAST PUBLIC CEMETERY