Joseph Algernon Pearce

Rank:

Lieutenant

Unit at enlistment:

58th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Commemorated at:

Colborne Street Methodist Church

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

211 Wellington Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

211 Wellington Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Student

Religious denominations:

Methodist

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Wounded

BX July 14, 1916

Lieutenant Joseph Algernon Pearce on Wounded List – Had Recently Been Recommended for the Military Cross

Lieutenant J.A. Pearce, signal officer of the 58th Battalion, has been wounded, according to a telegram received in the city from Ottawa. Early in the week The Expositor announced that Lieut. Pearce had been recommended by Lieutenant Colonel Harry Augustus Genet, his commanding officer, for the Military Cross. Lieut. Pearce, according to word received in the city, has been distinguishing himself in the recent operations in the Ypres salient and this was largely responsible for the recommendation for the Military Cross.

BX October 30, 1916

On His Way Home

Lieutenant Joseph Algernon Pearce, of this city who went overseas in command of the signal section of the 58th Battalion is now reported to be on his way home. Lieutenant Pearce was wounded in July last and also recommended for the military cross.

BX October 31, 1916

Lieutenant Joseph Algernon Pearce Returned Home – Is on Furlough for Two Weeks – Recommended for Military Cross

Lieutenant Joseph Algernon Pearce of 211 Wellington Street, who has been at the front for about 16 months, arrived back in the city last evening on a two weeks furlough. Modest to a degree this young veteran, who went overseas as signaling officer of the 58th Battalion, had nothing to say when questioned by a reporter this morning. Much more was known here about the war than he could tell, he remarked, and then again an officer was not supposed to talk of military matters. Although acknowledging that he had been recommended for the Military Cross, he would say no more about it.

It was in July last that Lieutenant Pearce was wounded. Only a few days previous to the receipt of word of his wounding came the news that he had been recommended for the Military Cross, which is the highest medal he could receive next to the Victoria Cross. It was for his distinguished and gallant conduct with the 58th Battalion in the operations in the Ypres salient at that time that he was recommended for the high honor.