PASCOE, Archibald John
| Service Number: | 2666 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 April 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, SA |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gladstone, South Australia, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Northcote, Darebin, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 8 July 1972, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Wirrabara District WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2666, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Keswick, SA | |
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| 2 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2666, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2666, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide | |
| 26 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
| 27 Dec 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2666, 50th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of Elizabeth Beatrice Pascoe of 407 High Street, Northcote, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 5 April 1919 on board HT Warwickshire disembarking on 29 May 1919
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Awarded Meritorious Medal Citation reads:
During period 16th September 1918 to December 31st 1918 this man has been employed as a storeman in the Regimental Quartermaster's Store, in which capacity he has been of tremendous assistance. he has always carried out irksome and tedious duties at all hours in an exceptionally cheerful and conscientious manner which has made his services very valuable to the Battalion at all times, and has helped considerably in keeping the Battalion at all times well supplied both in and out of the line'
Source: London Gazette on 3 June 1919, page 6918, position 7.
Commonwealth Gazette Number 113 on 6 October 1919