Merlin Owen Pasco was born on April 7, 1892 in Kumara, Westland, New Zealand and was the son of Solomon and Agnes Pasco. After living a few years in Kumara, Merlin and his parents moved to Queenstown. Before the war, Merlin worked as baker.
Merlin Owen Pascoe was a very passionate entomologist and he created a very important collection of New Zealand Lepidoptera in the early 1900s. His collection had the distinction of having very numerous specimens which he captured, collected and studied in and around Queenstown and included many specimens of moths. He was one of the most productive collectors of type specimens of beetle species described by Thomas Broun who was also an entomologist. Broun acknowledged the research assistance Pasco gave him and named the beetle species Pterostichus pascoi in Pasco's honor.
Pasco was the first entomologist to collect on Tooth Peaks, Wakatipu in Otago, New Zealand, and here are five new species that Pasco discovered in New Zealand, the Aponotoreas dissimilis, Tatosoma fasciata, Chloroclystis magnimaculata, Declana sinuosa, Orocrambus cultus.Merlin was also passionate about botany and nature had a very big place in his life and in his heart, then came the time of war.
At the outbreak of the war, Pasco volunteered to serve in the New Zealand Armed Forces but was turned down. He then traveled to Australia and joined the Australian 2nd Division.Enlisted on November 19, 1914 at Blackboy Hill,Australia, in the 16th Australian Infantry Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement, he embarked with his unit from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A50 Itonus on February 22, 1915 and sailed for Egypt where he was disembarked on December 30, 1915 in Alexandria and joined the British Expeditionary Force on June 1, 1916.
He embarked with his battalion on board the HMNT Canada for France, arriving on June 9 in Marseilles and suffering from Influenza. After his recovery, Merlin was transferred to the 4th Division, Signal Company of the Australian Engineers on December 16, 1916 then he joined his unit which was in the Somme sector, in Corbie, on September 11, 1917.
After his recovery, Merlin was transferred to the 4th Division, Signal Company of the Australian Engineers on December 16, 1916 then he joined his unit which was in the Somme sector, in Corbie, on September 11, 1917.
Merlin served with great courage in the Somme, unfortunately, less than a year later, on August 6, 1918, while he was resting, the Germans opened fire with their artillery around 6:00 am and Merlin was asleep in a tent when the bombardment commenced, a shell burst close by and a shell splinter hit Merlin as he slept.He managed to exit the tent but collapsed and died almost immediately at Fontoy Wood, near Corbie and was buried the same afternoon, he was 25 years old.
Merlin Owen Pascoe was a very passionate entomologist and he created a very important collection of New Zealand Lepidoptera in the early 1900s. His collection had the distinction of having very numerous specimens which he captured, collected and studied in and around Queenstown and included many specimens of moths. He was one of the most productive collectors of type specimens of beetle species described by Thomas Broun who was also an entomologist. Broun acknowledged the research assistance Pasco gave him and named the beetle species Pterostichus pascoi in Pasco's honor.
Pasco was the first entomologist to collect on Tooth Peaks, Wakatipu in Otago, New Zealand, and here are five new species that Pasco discovered in New Zealand, the Aponotoreas dissimilis, Tatosoma fasciata, Chloroclystis magnimaculata, Declana sinuosa, Orocrambus cultus.Merlin was also passionate about botany and nature had a very big place in his life and in his heart, then came the time of war.
At the outbreak of the war, Pasco volunteered to serve in the New Zealand Armed Forces but was turned down. He then traveled to Australia and joined the Australian 2nd Division.Enlisted on November 19, 1914 at Blackboy Hill,Australia, in the 16th Australian Infantry Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement, he embarked with his unit from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A50 Itonus on February 22, 1915 and sailed for Egypt where he was disembarked on December 30, 1915 in Alexandria and joined the British Expeditionary Force on June 1, 1916.
He embarked with his battalion on board the HMNT Canada for France, arriving on June 9 in Marseilles and suffering from Influenza. After his recovery, Merlin was transferred to the 4th Division, Signal Company of the Australian Engineers on December 16, 1916 then he joined his unit which was in the Somme sector, in Corbie, on September 11, 1917.
After his recovery, Merlin was transferred to the 4th Division, Signal Company of the Australian Engineers on December 16, 1916 then he joined his unit which was in the Somme sector, in Corbie, on September 11, 1917.
Merlin served with great courage in the Somme, unfortunately, less than a year later, on August 6, 1918, while he was resting, the Germans opened fire with their artillery around 6:00 am and Merlin was asleep in a tent when the bombardment commenced, a shell burst close by and a shell splinter hit Merlin as he slept.He managed to exit the tent but collapsed and died almost immediately at Fontoy Wood, near Corbie and was buried the same afternoon, he was 25 years old.
Merlin Owen Pasco was born on April 7, 1892 in Kumara, Westland, New Zealand and was the son of Solomon and Agnes Pasco. After living a few years in Kumara, Merlin and his parents moved to Queenstown. Before the war, Merlin worked as baker.
Merlin Owen Pascoe was a very passionate entomologist and he created a very important collection of New Zealand Lepidoptera in the early 1900s. His collection had the distinction of having very numerous specimens which he captured, collected and studied in and around Queenstown and included many specimens of moths. He was one of the most productive collectors of type specimens of beetle species described by Thomas Broun who was also an entomologist. Broun acknowledged the research assistance Pasco gave him and named the beetle species Pterostichus pascoi in Pasco's honor.
Pasco was the first entomologist to collect on Tooth Peaks, Wakatipu in Otago, New Zealand, and here are five new species that Pasco discovered in New Zealand, the Aponotoreas dissimilis, Tatosoma fasciata, Chloroclystis magnimaculata, Declana sinuosa, Orocrambus cultus.Merlin was also passionate about botany and nature had a very big place in his life and in his heart, then came the time of war.
At the outbreak of the war, Pasco volunteered to serve in the New Zealand Armed Forces but was turned down. He then traveled to Australia and joined the Australian 2nd Division.Enlisted on November 19, 1914 at Blackboy Hill,Australia, in the 16th Australian Infantry Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement, he embarked with his unit from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A50 Itonus on February 22, 1915 and sailed for Egypt where he was disembarked on December 30, 1915 in Alexandria and joined the British Expeditionary Force on June 1, 1916.
He embarked with his battalion on board the HMNT Canada for France, arriving on June 9 in Marseilles and suffering from Influenza. After his recovery, Merlin was transferred to the 4th Division, Signal Company of the Australian Engineers on December 16, 1916 then he joined his unit which was in the Somme sector, in Corbie, on September 11, 1917.
After his recovery, Merlin was transferred to the 4th Division, Signal Company of the Australian Engineers on December 16, 1916 then he joined his unit which was in the Somme sector, in Corbie, on September 11, 1917.
Merlin served with great courage in the Somme, unfortunately, less than a year later, on August 6, 1918, while he was resting, the Germans opened fire with their artillery around 6:00 am and Merlin was asleep in a tent when the bombardment commenced, a shell burst close by and a shell splinter hit Merlin as he slept.He managed to exit the tent but collapsed and died almost immediately at Fontoy Wood, near Corbie and was buried the same afternoon, he was 25 years old.
Merlin Owen Pascoe was a very passionate entomologist and he created a very important collection of New Zealand Lepidoptera in the early 1900s. His collection had the distinction of having very numerous specimens which he captured, collected and studied in and around Queenstown and included many specimens of moths. He was one of the most productive collectors of type specimens of beetle species described by Thomas Broun who was also an entomologist. Broun acknowledged the research assistance Pasco gave him and named the beetle species Pterostichus pascoi in Pasco's honor.
Pasco was the first entomologist to collect on Tooth Peaks, Wakatipu in Otago, New Zealand, and here are five new species that Pasco discovered in New Zealand, the Aponotoreas dissimilis, Tatosoma fasciata, Chloroclystis magnimaculata, Declana sinuosa, Orocrambus cultus.Merlin was also passionate about botany and nature had a very big place in his life and in his heart, then came the time of war.
At the outbreak of the war, Pasco volunteered to serve in the New Zealand Armed Forces but was turned down. He then traveled to Australia and joined the Australian 2nd Division.Enlisted on November 19, 1914 at Blackboy Hill,Australia, in the 16th Australian Infantry Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement, he embarked with his unit from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A50 Itonus on February 22, 1915 and sailed for Egypt where he was disembarked on December 30, 1915 in Alexandria and joined the British Expeditionary Force on June 1, 1916.
He embarked with his battalion on board the HMNT Canada for France, arriving on June 9 in Marseilles and suffering from Influenza. After his recovery, Merlin was transferred to the 4th Division, Signal Company of the Australian Engineers on December 16, 1916 then he joined his unit which was in the Somme sector, in Corbie, on September 11, 1917.
After his recovery, Merlin was transferred to the 4th Division, Signal Company of the Australian Engineers on December 16, 1916 then he joined his unit which was in the Somme sector, in Corbie, on September 11, 1917.
Merlin served with great courage in the Somme, unfortunately, less than a year later, on August 6, 1918, while he was resting, the Germans opened fire with their artillery around 6:00 am and Merlin was asleep in a tent when the bombardment commenced, a shell burst close by and a shell splinter hit Merlin as he slept.He managed to exit the tent but collapsed and died almost immediately at Fontoy Wood, near Corbie and was buried the same afternoon, he was 25 years old.
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Sapper, 4th Div. Signal Company, Australian Engineers. Killed in action. Son of Solomon and Agnes Pasco; brother of Mrs. H. J. Werner, of Rewanui, Greymouth, New Zealand. Native of Kumara, New Zealand. Age: 25.
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