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Death notice: James Joseph Oliver Pearce, 89 years, 2 months, widower, birthplace Falmouth, England, hairdresser, father William Olivier [sic] Pearce, mother Joanna May Pearce, place of residence: 96, New Married Quarters, East Rand, Transvaal, Boksburg, died General Hospital, Boksburg. Wife Mary Pearce, died 7 May 1922. Married Wesley Rock, Cornwall, England. Children: Gertrude Blewett Pearce married in Community of Property to Christopher Cramond Walker; Leonard Blewett Pearce. No movable property. Yes immovable property. Estate does not exceed £300. Signed G B Walker, daughter of deceased, near place of death. Left a will (3 February 1940). Executors: Christopher Cramond Walker and Leonard Blewett Pearce. ‘It is my wish to be buried in the same grave as my late wife in the Brixton Cemetery.’

Son - Major. Was Leonard in the Army?