COASTWATCHERS Pearsall, Clifford Arnold

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Pearsall ​

• FORENAME

Clifford Arnold ​

• UNIT

New Zealand Coastwatchers ​

• RANK

Corporal ​

• NUMBER

84237 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

15th October 1942 ​

• AGE

20 ​

• GRAVESITE

Bourail Memorial,New Caledonia Panel 1 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

son of Lewis and Jane (nee Dalziel) Pearsall,Wakari,Dunedin,Otago,New Zealand​

NZ Post and Telegraph Department​

award Mention in Despatches​

POW September 1942 Tamana,Gilbert Islands​

executed by Japanese Betio,Tarawa,Gilbert Islands​

rank awarded posthumous (8th Brigade Group,Corps of Signals) ​