PASCOE-PEARCE, Bradford
Service Numbers: | NX107764, NX71989 |
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Enlisted: | 11 October 1938 |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment |
Born: | Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia, 10 January 1909 |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Granville Public & Fort St High Schools, Sydney |
Occupation: | Salesman |
Died: | Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese, Borneo, 15 August 1945, aged 36 years |
Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery Grave Reference Plot S, Row D, Grave 8 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
11 Oct 1938: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , NX107764, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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25 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , NX71989 | |
29 Apr 1941: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant | |
15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned | |
15 Aug 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, NX71989, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Bradford PASCOE-PEARCE was born in Stanmore, NSW on 10th January, 1909
His parents were Edward PASCOE-PEARCE & Catherine Elizabeth POLGLASE who married in Victoria in 1882
He married Kathleen Phyllis LEMMON in Sydney in 1940
He first enlisted with the Army on 11th October, 1938 (SN 107764) and was discharged on request (7th Infantry Battalion) and later joined the 2nd/4th Anti Tank Regiment of the Royal Australian Artillery (SN NX71989)
Bradford died of Illness in Borneo whilst a Prisoner of War at Sandakan and is buried in the Labuan War Cemetery
Inscription: "FOREVER REMEMBERED AND LOVED BY ALL"
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His brother Harcourt PASCOE-PEARCE (SN N319596) also served during WW2 in the Volunteer Defence Corp and was discharged in 1945
Another brother Maxwell PASCOE-PEARCE (SN NX3928) died of Illness in Germany during WW2 on 15th March, 1945 (2nd/1st Field Ambulance) He was also a Prisoner of War