PASCOE, Alfred Percy
| Service Number: | 3183 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 September 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Long Gully, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Long Gully State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 29 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Long Gully Methodist Church Great War Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3183, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane | |
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| 30 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3183, 25th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3183, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane | |
| 29 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3183, 25th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was C/- of a Mrs Crawford of Russell Street, South Brisbane.
Son of James Thomas and Mary Ann Pascoe of 18 Arm Street, Long Gully, Bendigo, Victoria. Following the death of her husband Mary Ann moved to the home of Mrs Crawford of Russell Street, South Brisbane
Alfred was killed in the first and failed attack at Pozieres. He was described by a friend as small and amusing
25 July 1917 - mother wrote to Base Records asking if ther had been any reports as to whether or not Alfred was a Prisoner of War as she had not heard anything since he had posted missing 12 months earlied
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Citizen Military Forces
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