ASHBY, Western Richard
| Service Number: | W82350 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 August 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd (WA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 19 June 1909 |
| Home Town: | Wanneroo, Wanneroo, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Market Gardener |
| Died: | Busselton, Western Australia, 18 July 1985, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Busselton Cemetery, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 1 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W82350, 3rd (WA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
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| 19 Apr 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W82350, 3rd (WA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Wes was the son of Richard Ashby (b1873 in Perth WA) and Emily Jane Bowden (b1880 in Melbourne, Victoria). Richard (a Labourer) and Emily married in 1902 in Perth WA where Richard worked as a Labourer and Driver before moving to Wanneroo where he was a Market Gardener until his death in 1927.
Wes was working as a Market Gardener in Wanneroo when he enlisted in the ACMF in August 1941. He was a Private (Service No:W82350) attached to 3 Battalion (Swanbourne) VDC when he was Discharged in April 1943. Wes continued living in Wanneroo and working as a Market Gardener. In 1955 he married Ann Barr Robertson (b1907) and the couple moved to Beverley WA in the late 1950s - Wes worked as a Farm Hand. Wes and Ann retired to Busselton WA where Ann died in 1980 and Wes in 1985.
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