About the author.
Jeffrey PEIRCE has spent the past 15 years identifying, researching, documenting and publishing the war service histories of more than 3000 men and women from the South West towns of Western Australia in the Great War 1914-1918.
Whilst publishing details on a number of very successful websites he uncovered a diversity of astounding individual stories to be honoured by a new series of books.
His first book features inspirational and emotional stories of fourteen service men and their actions at Gallipoli.
A number of stories focus on those men who survived the horrors of war to make significant contributions to their communities on return home.
Jeffrey published his second book “Nurses of the South West” in 2024 which details the amazing lives of 33 World War 1 nurses.
During 2026 he, together with co-author Chris Handley, has published a most important work in honouring the lives of 61 Light Horsemen and Cameleers from South Western Australia who served in World War 1.
Please check out the rejuvenated www.bunburywarheroes.com.au website which was the catalyst for Jeffrey’s selection as a finalist in the 2014 Australian of the Year Local Hero Category.
The Bunbury War Heroes website is just one of Jeffrey’s five heritage websites. Three cover local military history, one identifies convicts who had a presence in South Western Australia and another features the Bunbury Cemetery Heritage Walk were sought by the State Library of Western Australia for inclusion on their Pandora Archives and confirmed as significant contributions to Western Australian Heritage.
Jeffrey A Peirce
Jeffrey’s books
GREAT WAR STORIES 1914-1918 NURSES OF THE SOUTH WEST