PASCOE, John May
| Service Number: | 2938 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 October 1915, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cornwall, England, 26 February 1873 |
| Home Town: | Crows Nest, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Bathurst State School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917, aged 44 years |
| Cemetery: |
Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium Grave X. F. 17. Personal Inscription NOT GONE FROM MEMORY NOR FROM LOVE BUT TO HIS HEAVENLY HOME ABOVE |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial) |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2938, 31st Infantry Battalion, Toowoomba, Queensland | |
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| 14 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2938, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2938, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2938, 31st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 46 and the son of Charles and Mary Pascoe; husband of Annie. Beatrice Pascoe, of Lilley St., Toowoomba, Queensland, sometime of Oakey, Queensland.
Births Jun 1872 PASCOE John May St. Austell 5c 132
Age on arrival in Australia 5
Occupation: Labourer
Address:Thornville, via Wutul, Queensland
Next of kin was his wife, Mrs. Annie Beatrice Pascoe, [nee Perkins ] Oakey, Queensland-he also left six children
Previous military service:
Served in the New South Wales Lancers at Casino, New South Wales.
Enlistment date 20 October 1915
Rank on enlistment Private 31st Battalion, 6th Reinforcement.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 14 April 1916-he was then aged 43.
Two of his nephews were killed in action. in the Great War.
He is honoured on the Cooyar War Memorial.
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