PASCOE, Thomas
(Service number 26/887)
| First Rank | Rifleman | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 04/02/1897 | Place of Birth | Waimate |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 13 October 1915 | Age | 18 years 8 months |
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| Address at Enlistment | Frankton Junction | ||
| Occupation | Box factory | ||
| Previous Military Experience | Senior Cadets. Serving 204 Company Taumarunui | ||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs J. PASCOE (mother), Massey Street, Frankton Junction | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 4th Battalion, Advance Party, A Company | ||
| Date | 8 January 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Warrimoo | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Biographical Notes
Thomas Pascoe was born on 4 February 1897 at Waimate, the youngest son in the family of sixteen of John and Caroline Wilhelmina (Carrie, née Luck) Pascoe. Thomas was educated at Hannaton and Willowbridge schools in South Canterbury. In July 1907 John Pascoe sold his farm and had a clearing sale at Studholme. The family moved to the North Island, Thomas going to Te Rapa, Hamilton West and Frankton schools, leaving Frankton at the age of fourteen to work on a farm at Te Kuiti. Thomas Pascoe enlisted on 13 October 1915 at Trentham, when he was just 18 years old. He did put his age up by two years, presumably to allow him to register. He had served in the Senior Cadets and was serving with the Taumarunui Company at the time. Working in a box factory and living at Frankton Junction, he named his mother as next-of-kin – Mrs J. Pascoe, Massey Street, Frankton Junction. Thomas Pascoe was serving in France when his older brother, Charles Henry Pascoe, was killed in action on 1 August 1916 at the Somme. Another brother, Richard David Pascoe, also enlisted. Thomas saw extensive service in World War Two, rising to the rank of captain. John Pascoe, a retired farmer of Frankton, died in 1929, leaving the residue of his estate in trust to his daughter, Mary Spencer of Frankton.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [29 December 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [29 December 2020]; School Admission records [29 December 2020]
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