PASHEN, Eric Stanley
| Service Number: | 3648 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 January 1916, Place of Enlistment, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 6 January 1895 |
| Home Town: | Bulimba, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Bulimba State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Storeman |
| Died: | Natural Causes , Eventide Nursing Home, Sandgate, Queensland, Australia, 27 March 1962, aged 67 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld Anzac-9-10-11 |
| Memorials: | Enoggera Logan & Albert 9th Battalion Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3648, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3648, 4th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3648, 4th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney | |
| 11 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3648, 49th Infantry Battalion, GSW to Face, Neck and Jaw. | |
| 27 Sep 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3648, 49th Infantry Battalion, Invalided to Australia |
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From Australian Remembrance Army
Private Eric Stanley Pashen (Service No. 3648), an Australian World War One veteran, is among almost 800 previously unmarked WWI veterans’ graves in Lutwyche Cemetery we have now marked with a plaque recognising their service for Australia.
We unveiled his plaque in Lutwyche Cemetery on 20 September 2025, along with a further 161 plaques on the previously unmarked graves of Australian World War One veterans:
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Eric Stanley Pashen was born on 6 January 1895 in Brisbane, Queensland, to Joseph Pashen and Frances Ann Pashen (née Starkie). On 25 January 1916, at the age of 21 and employed as a storeman, he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force and was posted to the 49th Battalion.
After training in Australia and England, including periods at camps such as Fovant and Codford, he proceeded to France in 1917 to serve on the Western Front. During active service, he was wounded in action, sustaining gunshot wounds to the face, neck, and jaw. He was evacuated through medical facilities in France and England, and the severity of his injuries ultimately rendered him medically unfit for further service. He was returned to Australia and formally discharged on 28 December 1918.
Following his discharge from the Australian Imperial Force, Eric returned to civilian life in Brisbane. By 1919, he was recorded as living in Balmoral, Brisbane, where he resumed employment as a storeman, returning to his pre-war occupation. In 1937, he was living in Brisbane City at the People’s Palace, a Salvation Army–run temperance hotel built in 1910–1911 to provide inexpensive accommodation for working-class travellers, and was again recorded as working as a storeman. This continuity of employment suggests a stable working life despite the long-term effects of his war service. By 1959, Eric was residing at Eventide Nursing Home, Sandgate, Brisbane, where he spent his later years.
Private Eric Stanley Pashen died on 27 March 1962, aged 67, and was buried the following day in Anzac Portion 9, Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane. He never married and had no known children.
After decades without recognition at his place of burial, his grave now bears a plaque commemorating his service to Australia — ensuring his name endures among those remembered for their duty and sacrifice. His identity and dignity have now been restored.
We have remembered him.
Lest We Forget.
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