STACK, Thomas Pascoe
| Service Number: | 868 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Manjimup, Manjimup, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Timber Hewer |
| Died: | Waroona, Western Australia, 1939, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Waroona Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Ipswich Men and Women of Ipswich WW1 Roll of Honour, Pemberton Honour Board, Pemberton War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 12 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 868, 32nd Infantry Battalion |
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World War 1 Service
| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 868, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Corporal, 868, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 22 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Shell Wound - Fromelle, France | |
| 26 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery | |
| 19 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 Oct 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 868, 32nd Infantry Battalion, per A 72 HT Beltana to Perth, WA | |
| 3 Jan 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 868, 32nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Tom was the seventh of nine children of John Stack (born 1838 in Ireland) and Hannah Roche (born 1839 in Ireland). John - a Labourer - married Hannah in Sydney, NSW in 1866, and they moved to Grafton NSW in 1868. The family then moved to Casino, NSW where John was killed when he fractured his skull in a fall from his horse. In 1904 Hannah committed suicide at Casino, NSW.
Tom served in the NSW Police Force as a Probationary Constable (Badge No:7986) and moved to Western Australia following his resignation in 1903. He worked as a Timber Hewer in Manjimup, WA before enlisting in the AIF in May 1915. Tom served with 32nd Infantry Battalion and 8th Light Trench Mortar Brigade as Corporal and Sergeant (Service No:868) and was WiA at Fromelles in July 1916. Tom was Discharged in Perth, WA in January 1918. In his Attestation Papers, Tom stated that he had served in South Africa with 5th QLD Imperial Bushmen, Brother Patrick Stack (Private, Service No:1730) also served in WWI.
Tom returned to Western Australia and was a Farmer at Harvey before moving to Waroona, where he died in 1939.