PASTFIELD, David Barnabas Edward
| Service Number: | S50884 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 December 1941, Torrens Hall, SA |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Canteen Service |
| Born: | Exeter, England, United Kingdom, 10 June 1904 |
| Home Town: | Cleve, Cleve, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Radio Announcer |
| Died: | Suicide, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia, 25 June 1943, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT C C 3 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement S50884 | |
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| 29 Dec 1941: | Involvement Corporal, S50884 | |
| 29 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Torrens Hall, SA | |
| 25 Jun 1943: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, S50884, Australian Army Canteen Service, Northern Territory |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Corporal David Barnabas Edward Pastfield S50884 of ACMF Northern Territory Line of Communication Canteens, Australian Army Canteens Service
Son of John Robinson Pastfield and Elizabeth Olive Pastfield.
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
David Barnabas Edward PASTFIELD was born in Exeter in England on 10th June 1904
His parents were John Robinson PASTFIELD & Elizabeth Olive CROWTHER nee OLDHAM
He went to Canada in 1923 and had Military Training in 1925 in Ottawa, Ontario & during WW2 he enlisted in the Army in Australia and served with the Australian Defence Canteen Services in the Northern Territory
David died by suicide in Mount Isa, Queensland on 25th June, 1943 and was first buried in the Mt Isa Cemetery and reburied on 14th May, 1945 in the Adelaide River War Cemetery, Northern Territory.
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Two of his brothers died during WW1 whilst serving with the British Forces
1. Lieutenant James Thomas PASTFIELD - Northam Regiment died 21st December 1914 on the Western Front
2. Lieutenant Joseph Victor PASTFIELD - Middlesex Regiment died 1916
3. His nephew L.A. CORBETT of the Royal Navy died in 1940 of injuries
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