James Burrows Pearson
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His father was Joseph Pearson, 86 Wicklow Street, Old Basford. In the 1911 census he is shown living at 86 Wicklow Street, Basford , he is shown as being 56 yrs a widow born in 1855 at Nottingham and is a coal carter, he is living with his son James Burrows 18 yrs born 1893 in Nottingham he is also a coal carter. At the time of his death James Burrows was living at 398 Nottingham Road, Old Basford, Nottingham
Private James Burrows Pearson, 3rd Battalion Australian Imperial Force, enlisted on 8th January 1915 at Liverpool, New South Wales. After serving as a baker's apprentice he cited his job as bushman. Taken on strength of the battalion 31st May 1915. He was killed in action between 7th-12th August 1915. He is commemorated on a special memorial at Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac. Above information is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918
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