Alexander Roland Pascoe

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First Name:

Alexander

Middle Name:

Roland

Last Name:

Pascoe

Date of Birth:

Saturday, July 25, 1896

Mother's Name:

Elizabeth Pascoe nee Cox

Father's Name:

Alexander Pascoe

Date Enlisted:

Tuesday, August 14, 1917

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Private

Unit:

1st Battalion

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Monday, December 29, 1958

Place of Death:

Primbee, N.S.W.

Details:

Alexander Roland Pascoe (Service No 7771), was born in Sydney, N.S.W.

At enlistment in Wollongong, N.S.W., he was single, 21 years old, worked as a labourer, lived in Port Kembla, N.S.W., and had served in the Cadets and Militia.

Alexander embarked on HMAT A38 Ulysses, with 1st Battalion, 26th Reinforcement, on 19th December 1917. He arrived in Egypt on 16th January 1918, and then went on to France, arriving on 2nd March 1918. He joined 1st Battalion, in the field on 12th May 1918.

Alexander saw service on the Western Front until 17th June 1918, when he was wounded in action. He was evacuated to hospital for treatment of a gun shot wound to his back, returning to France on 14th October 1918. Alexander was returned to Australia in July 1919, and discharged medically unfit on 24th September 1919.

After the war, Alexander worked as a platelayer. He married Annie Hay in Wollongong, N.S.W. and they had 6 children.

Alexander died on 29 December 1958, in Primbee, N.S.W.

Sources:

NAA: B2455, PASCOE ALEXANDER