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Victoria v Rest of Australia
Sunday 24th January 1943 |
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Name |
Joseph “Joe” Pearce |
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Name & Club as per original list Football Life Sept. 1969 |
Pearce (Swan Districts) | |
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Service Number |
WX9268 | |
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Unit | ||
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Born |
28/02/1917 | |
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Died |
08/06/2012 (95 Years) |
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Club |
League |
Games |
Goals |
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WAFL SANFL Dumbleyung Lake Grace Association |
91 5 TBC |
29 8 TBC |
Victoria versus Rest of Australia Match Stats.
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Team |
Rest of Australia |
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Age on Game Day |
25 Years |
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Goals |
One |
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Awards |
None |
Player Information and References
| WWII Nominal Roll 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion Profile of Joe Pearce Swan Districts Hall of Fame summary of Joe’s career Swan Districts Stats for Joe Pearce Joe played 5 games for Glenelg in 1941 while based in SA for training with the army. Glenelg playing stats Swan Districts Best and Fairest Swan Medallist in 1950 and 1951 The Swan Express 06/12/1945 Joe Pearce welcomed back at Swan Districts 1945 AGM The Wagin Argus and Arthur, Dumbleyung, Lake Grace Express (WA) 19/09/1946 Joe spent 1946 playing with Dumbleyung Lake Grace winning the Premiership defeating Narrogin. Joe also won the Association Best and Fairest trophy The Daily News Perth 24/06/1948 Joe returned to Swan Districts playing seven games in 1948 which involved a 230 mile trip from Moulyinning The Daily News (Perth) 27/06/1950 From Prison Camp to Top Flight. Joe Pearce’s story from Changi to staring for Swan Districts Swan Districts Anzac Day tribute 2025 Joe Pearce coached Moulyinning – about 300km south-east of Perth – in the Great Southern league for two decades from the early 1950s, winning nine consecutive flags among 13 in his time at the helm. The West Australian 12/06/2012 Final siren sounds for Swans stalwart Pearce Ancestry: When Joseph Pearce was born on February 28, 1917, in Wagin, Western Australia, Australia, his father, Thomas, was 29 and his mother, Emma, was 26. He married Gwyn Graham on February 22, 1946, in Washington. They had three children during their marriage. He died on June 8, 2012, in Moulyinning, Western Australia, Australia, at the age of 95. |