PASFIELD, Hamilton Deering Francis
| Service Number: | 6781 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 May 1916, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, 18 October 1898 |
| Home Town: | Summer Hill, Ashfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Christian Brothers, Lewisham |
| Occupation: | Law Clerk |
| Died: | Repatriation Hospital Concorde, New South Wales, 4 July 1951, aged 52 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 25 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 8 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6781, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 8 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6781, 4th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Nicholson, Sydney | |
| 23 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 6781, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
| 14 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
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"SUMMER HILL.
Corporal Hamilton D. Pasfield, who has been on active service for a period of three years, was recently welcomed home at the residence of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Pasfield, "Ravensworth," Summer Hill. During the term of his activity in France, Corporal Pasfield was twice wounded, and once severely gassed, and is now under treatment at the Randwick Military Hospital. This young soldier, who is an ex-pupil of Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham, enlisted at the age of 17. An elder brother, Lieutenant W. O. Pasfield, is still on active service abroad." - from the Sydney Catholic Press 03 Apr 1919 (nla.gov.au)
Eastern Suburbs Cemetery, Sydney
"PASFIELD.- Hamilton Deering Francis, July 4 1951, at Repatriation Hospital Concord, Hamilton Deering Francis Pasfield, 1st A I F, dearly loved son of the late William and Mary Pasfield and dear brother of Grace (Mrs D Lynch), George, May (Mrs R H Sankey), Harry, Ivy (deceased), William (deceased), and James (deceased), aged 52 years. Requiescat In pace. For funeral arrangements see Friday's "Herald"." - from the Sydney Morning Herald 05 Jul 1951 (nla.gov.au)
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