PASCOE, Arthur Daniel
| Service Number: | 61708 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 30 December 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots |
| Born: | Botany, New South Wales, Australia, 23 July 1909 |
| Home Town: | Milperra, Bankstown, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Poultry Farmer |
| Died: | Ground Accident, Tocumwal, New South Wales, Australia, 6 February 1944, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tocumwal War Cemetery Plot B Row A Grave 10 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 61708 | |
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| 30 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 61708, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots | |
| 30 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 61708, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots | |
| Date unknown: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 61708, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Arthur Sydney and Elizabeth Pascoe; husband of Lily Elizabeth Mary Pascoe, of Milperra.
Arthur Daniel Pascoe was 32 years old, married with three sons when he left work as a Poultry Farmer to enlist in the RAAF on 30 December 1941. He initially joined as a Mechanic before re-mustering to Flight Rigger and then later as a Fitter before being posted to Tocumwal to serve with 7 AD in December 1942.
On the afternoon of 5 February 1944, Arthur was on leave and swimming at the Numurkah pool when he dived into shallow water. He was taken to 5 RAAF Hospital with a fractured fifth cervical vertebrae and severeance of the spinal cord. Leading Aircraftman Pascoe passed away during the night on 6 February 1944.
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