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PASCOE, Vyvyan Roessler
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 404671 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 8 November 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Operational Training Units (RAF) |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 18 January 1917 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | East State School & Toowoomba Grammar & Teachers Training College |
| Occupation: | School Teacher |
| Died: | Accidental (aircraft accident), Stratford on Avon, England, 26 May 1942, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Stratford-on-Avon Cemetery Grave 4222 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, St Lucia King's College WW2 Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Grammar School WW2 Honour Board, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW2, Toowoomba WW2 Roll of Honour Book, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial) |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 8 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 404671 | |
|---|---|---|
| 26 May 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 404671, Operational Training Units (RAF), No. 22 Operational Training RAF |
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Vyvyan Roessler PASCOE was born in Toowoomba, Queensland on 18th January, 1917
His parents were Vyvyan Edmondson PASCOE & Lily Alma ROESSLER
He married Gladys SIMONS in the Kings College Chapel in Queensland on 29th May, 1941
Prior to enlisting to serve in WW2 he was a Cadet at the Toowoomba Grammar School - he embarked from Sydney for Canada & the UK on 8th August, 1941
Vyvyan died in an aircraft accident during an operational training flight on 26th May, 1942 - he is buried in the Stratford upon Avon Cemetery
His headstone reads:
"I'll walk beside you to the land of dreams"
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