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Biography: Pearson, William Harrison

Pearson in uniform

A head and shoulders studio portrait of Bill Pearson wearing a military uniform.

Corporal Bill Pearson of the New Zealand Dental Corps. Shortly after this photograph was taken in 1944 he received orders to report to Burnham Military Camp for a brief period of combat training before he was sent to join the war in Europe.

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Paul Millar. 'Pearson, William Harrison', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2022. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47732/pearson-in-uniform (accessed 24 June 2026).