AARONS, Theodore Harold
| Service Numbers: | 1, Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 22 March 1916, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Department of Repatriation and Demobilization |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, March 1895 |
| Home Town: | Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Royal Military College, Duntroon (failed course), Pitman's School, London |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 27 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 27 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 21 Dec 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, Department of Repatriation and Demobilization | |
| 30 May 1921: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
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War service: Western Front
Embarked Melbourne, 27 May 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 18 July 1916.
Appointed Company Sergeant Major (WO II), 23 August 1916.
Marched into 10th Training Bn, 9 December 1916.
Promoted Temporary Regimental Sergeant Major, 1 January 1917.
Selected to attend Machine Gun Course at Grantham, 1 June 1917.
Appointed 2nd Lieutenant, 5 October 1917, and posted to Machine Gun Corps Reinforcements.
Admitted to 1st London General Hospital, 29 December 1917 (epistaxis); discharged to No 1 Command Depot, Sutton Veny, 5 February 1918.
Proceeded overseas to France, 25 June 1918; taken on strength, 3rd Machine Gun Bn, in the field, 1 July 1918.
Promoted Lieutenant, 5 August 1918.
Wounded in action, 2 October 1918 (gassed), and admitted to 11th Australian Field Ambulance; transferred to 2nd Red Cross Hospital, Rouen, 3 October 1918; to England, 8 October 1918, and admitted to 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth; discharged to Cobham Convalescent Hospital, 22 November 1918.
Attached to Repatriation & Demobilisation Department, AIF Headquarters, London, for duty, 21 December 1918.
Marched into Overseas Training Brigade, Longbridge Deverill, 14 January 1919.
Granted leave with pay and subs, 20 April-20 June 1919 (Non-Military Employment: attending Pitman's School, Southampton Row, London; NME leave extended, 25 July-29 October 1919). Granted leave without pay, 1 November 1919-30 May 1920: business.
Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Orontes', 19 June 1920; disembarked Melbourne, 1 August 1920; appointment terminated (discharged), Melbourne, 30 May 1921.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Moved to New Zealand post 1919.
Legally adopted the surname ASHTON in 1921.