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PASCOE, Eugene Edward
| Service Number: | 333 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Morchard, South Australia, 2 September 1895 |
| Home Town: | Plympton, City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | blacksmith |
| Died: | Camden, South Australia, 1 November 1949, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
North Brighton Cemetery, S.A. Commemorated with a plaque in the South Australian Garden of Remembrance Burial service was held on the 3 July 1949 |
| Memorials: | Plympton District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 333, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA | |
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| 22 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 333, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 333, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide | |
| 13 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 333, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wound to the right shoulder | |
| 10 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 4 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, At Abbassia | |
| 3 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 3 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, Taken on strength from the 4th Camel Corps | |
| 10 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, From the 3rd Camel Corps | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Trooper, 333, 3rd Light Horse Regiment | |
| 23 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 333, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 4th Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James Pascoe and Elizabeth Minna Pascoe nee Lidner of Plympton, SA
On 19 July 1924 Eugene married Olive (Ollie) Margaret McMahon in the Maughan Church, Adelaide, SA
Commenced return to Australia on 15 November 1918 on board HT Port Darwin
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by St Ignatius' College
Eugene Edward Pascoe was born at Morchard, SA, on the 2nd of September. Before he enlisted he lived at Plympton a suburb of Adelaide. He followed the religion of ‘The Church of England’ and his occupation before the war was a Blacksmith. He had been apprentice for 18 months at Handley and Wurman.
Eugene enlisted 19th of August 1914 at Morphettville, South Australia when he was 19 years old and single. Eugene was described as 5 feet and 6/2 inches and 135lbs, his chest measurement was 35 and ½ inches, and his complexion was fair with blue eyes and light brown hair.
On the 22nd of October 1914, Eugene embarked as a Private on HMAT Port Lincoln from Adelaide with the 3rd Light Horse Regiment.
Eugene proceeded to Gallipoli 13th of May in 1915. A few days later he was wounded with a gunshot wound to his right shoulder and abdomen. After his injury, James Pascoe, his father had received a telegram with bad news about the injury. Eugene was treated in hospital and returned to Gallipoli on 8th June 1915
On the 20th of December 1915, he disembarked from Gallipoli to Alexandria. Nine days later, he joined the Western Frontier Force in the Middle East. While in Romani Eugene left his squadron to take horses to water against orders which resulted to him getting reprimanded for disobeying a lawful command on the 6th of September in 1916. He was admonished.
On the 10th of October 1916, he was transferred to the 4th Camel Regiment at Kantara. A month later, on the 2nd of November, he was taken on strength with 4th Australian Camel Regiment at Abbasia in Cairo. He was then employed to the 3rd Anzac Battalion at Abbassia 3rd February 1917. He returned to the 3rd Light Horse on 10th March 1917
On the 2nd June 1917 he was charged for using threatening, offensive language to a superior officer. That lead to him being sentenced ten days in Field punishment No.2 and a fine of 20 shillings.
1st of February in 1918, Eugene was hospitalised for an infection at Moascar. He was discharged from the hospital on the 11th of March and joined the 1st Light Horse
Regiment. He returned to the 3rd Light Horse in July 1918. He became ill with Malaria and was hospitalised in October 1918. He took leave in November 1918 and then was repatriated back to Australia on the HT Port Darwin leaving Suez 15th November 1918. The estimated amount of time he had spent in service was 4 years and 186 days, with 4 years and 165 days participating in service abroad.
Eugene passed away on the 1st of November 1949, at 51 years old. He is buried at North Brighton Cemetery and is commemorated on the Plympton District Roll of Honour.
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