Captain Pearce and Sister Rosa Waycott sailed to Egypt to serve in 1940 aboard the same ship. Their paths crossed again when Captain Pearce contracted cerebral malaria and was nursed back to health by Rosa at the Australian General Hospital in El Kantara. They remained in contact after returning from the war and were married in 1942.Heading across the top of the page, followed by two columns of text on the left hand side and a photo of Captain Pearce in his war uniform on the right hand side, There is a separate clipping underneath with the Frankston/Peninsula News logo next to three red stripes and the publication details below. 'Frankston News 30.11-89' [Handwritten in blue ink at the top of the article]australian army nurses, world war 1939-1945, ww2, wwii, captain eric pearce, australin infantry, rosa waycott