Arthur Roy ASHTON

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ASHTON, Arthur Roy

Service Number:	2421
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Bondi, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Memorial Panels 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31. , Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

20 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 2421, 9th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
20 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 2421, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney
12 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 2421, 49th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2421 awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-12

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 32 and the son of Julian Arthur and Elizabeth Ashton; husband of Mary A. Ashton, of The Hospital, Tiverton, Devon, England.

Address Glen View, Denham Street, Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales

He was hospitalized a number of times and it is likely that his wife, Mary Lane was a nurse. He married her only a few months before embarking for France where he was killed in action.

Marriages Jun 1917 Wareham 5a 593
Ashton Arthur R Lane

Lane Mary A Ashton.

Previous military service Served in the Scottish Rifles, Citizen Military Forces, for 4 months.
Enlistment date 21 May 1915-Casino, New South Wales-9th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement-

Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 20 August 1915-aged 29

Unit name from Nominal Roll-49th Battalion

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Admitted to 3rd Australian General Hospital, Mudros, 16 November 1915; discharged to duty, 9 December 1915; joined unit at Lemnos, 10 December 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 4 January 1916 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Transferred to 49th Bn, 25 February 1916.

Proceeded from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 5 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 12 June 1916.

Admitted to 13th Australian Field Ambulance, 21 July 1916 (debility); transferred to England, 27 July 1916; admitted to Military Hospital, Chatham, 28 July 1916; discharged to No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 12 October 1916.

Marched out to No. 4 Depot, Wareham, 9 December 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 29 May 1917; rejoined unit, 21 June 1917.

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