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Name

PASH, Robert Lionel

Date of Birth

25 January 1919

Place of Birth

Prospect, SA

Date of Death

3 August 1999

Place of Death

 

Place of Burial

Enfield Cemetery

Arrived in South Australia (date/ship etc.)

 

Lived in Prospect (dates)

 

Addresses in Prospect

Parents’ home 62 Le Hunt Ave., Prospect.

Pash family home at 18 Kintore Avenue, Prospect.

Braund Road

Addressees outside Prospect

Lutheran Retirement Village at Hope Valley

Names of houses (if any)

 

Parents

Benjamin Gladstone “Bert” PASH and Gertrude Ella ALLEN

Spouse(s)

Maude Edna Amy BUSHBY

Date(s) of Marriage(s)

23 November 1940

Place(s) of Marriage(s)

St. Cuthbert’s Church, Prospect

Children

Peter Robert, Stephen James, Susan Heather, Deborah Ruth

Occupation(s)

Served Prospect Council for 45 years. First joined in 1934 aged 15.

Assistant Town Clerk in 1948, Town Clerk in 1950. 

Interests

He was active in Rotary, a long-serving office bearer of the District Nursing Society and held appointments in the professional sphere.

Religion/Churches

 

Notes (points of interest etc.)

WW2  War Service -  Middle East, New Guinea, Australia.  2/8th Field Ambulance.

RL Pash Reserve in D’Erlanger Avenue, Nailsworth is named for him

Received Order of Australia Medal for Service to Local Govt.

‘He was a tireless worker for the council and wider community, and we are immensely proud of his achievements.’ Sue Argent (Daughter)

Sources of information

Lamshed, BDM, PLHC, PLHG Newsletter July 2014; Sue Argent (Daughter)

Principal Researcher(s)

Lesley Attema

 

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