Joseph Richard PASCOE DCM

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PASCOE, Joseph Richard

Service Number:	2535
Enlisted:	26 April 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	46th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Maryborough, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Maryborough, Central Goldfields, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 1975, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

26 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2535, 46th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
1 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 46th Infantry Battalion, Promoted at Geelong, Victoria
7 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2535, 46th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne
7 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2535, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
20 Aug 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, 2535, 46th Infantry Battalion
27 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, 2535, 46th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Occasion. Remained on duty
27 Nov 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 46th Infantry Battalion, In France
11 Aug 1918:	Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, Work near Hamel on 8 August 1918 Recommendation date was 11 August 1918 Citation reads:- For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. In the advance this N.C.O. in command of a platoon, pushed his Lewis gun forward to a commanding position, and under cover of is fire made good his attack. Later, he crept forward with two men through a wood, capturing two men and a machine gun and killing two. His leading and control of his platoon were admirable. Source: London Gazette on 5 December 1918, page 14462, position 5. Commonwealth Gazette Number 36 on 14 March 1919
4 Jan 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant
4 Apr 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 46th Infantry Battalion
21 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 46th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Henry Pascoe and Mary Ann Pascoe nee Shugg of Maryborough, Victoria

Address given at the time of enlistment was Maryborough, Victoria. Later of Church Street, Carisbrook, Victoria

During 1916 Joseph married Olive Jean Elizabeth Cole in Victoria.

In mid 1924 Joseph applied for a War Service Home Grant

Medals: Distinguished Conduct Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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