PESCOD, George Marshall
| Service Number: | 3922 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 August 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gateshead on Tyne, Durham, England, United Kingdom, 1871 |
| Home Town: | Northam, Northam, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 23 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Puchevillers British Cemetery, France Plot II, Row F, Grave 10, Puchevillers British Cemetery, Puchevillers, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Barker (WA) War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3922, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, Western Australia | |
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| 22 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3922, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 22 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3922, 11th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Fremantle | |
| 20 Aug 1916: | Wounded Private, 3922, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
| 23 Aug 1916: | Wounded Private, 3922, 11th Infantry Battalion, Died of gunshot wounds to abdomen |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
George Marshall PESCOD was born in 1871 in Gateshead on Tyne, Durham, England - he was listed as a native of Low Fell, Gateshead
His parents were John James PESCOD and Alice Jane STEPHENSON who married in 1864 in Alnwick, Northumberland
George married Rebecca Burn PLATTON in 1898 in Chester le Street, Durham, England and had two children, Alice Jane Stephenson PESCOD and Perimus Platton PESCOD - wife Rebecca died in 1954 in Gateshead, UK
George arrived in Fremantle Western Australia on his own in 1902 He enlisted in Blackboy Hill, Western Australia on 28th August, 1915 with the 11th Battalion - he was with the 12th reinforcements who embarked from Fremantle on the RMS MONGOLIA on 22nd November, 1915
George was Wounded in Action on 20th August, 1916 and died of gunshot wounds received in action on 23rd August, 1916 at No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station, France - he is buried in Puchevillers British Cemetery and also memorialised on the Australian War Memorial
He received the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & the Victory Medal
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