Frederick Vernon Talbot (Fred) PASHEN

PASHEN, Frederick Vernon Talbot

Service Number: QX21986
Enlisted: 4 July 1941
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
Born: Einasleigh, Queensland, Australia, 13 August 1915
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Unknown
Occupation: Truck Driver
Died: Killed in Action, Buna, Papua New Guinea, 23 December 1942, aged 27 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, QX21986
4 Jul 1941: Enlisted
4 Jul 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX21986, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
23 Dec 1942: Discharged
23 Dec 1942: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX21986, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Frederick Vernon Talbot PASHEN was born in Einasleigh in Queensland on 13th August, 1915

His parents were Frederick Eli PASHEN & Ruby Mary TALBOT who married in Queensland on 5th March, 1913

He married Coralie Victoria HEATH in Queensland on 3rd June 1938 - one known daughter Verna Coral

His wife Coralie died of illness on 22nd July, 1941 in a Queensland Hospital