Pearce, Caroline (1925–)
Pearce, Caroline (1925–)
Australian field-hockey player. Name variations: Caroline Ash. Born 1925 in Moulyinning, Australia; sister of Jean, Morna and May Pearce (field-hockey players).
With sisters May and Jean, played on the unbeaten Australian team which toured New Zealand (1948).
See also Women in World History.
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