Samuel ASHER

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Service Number:	2149
Enlisted:	11 March 1916, Sydney
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	36th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Bourke St, Surry Hills Public School, New South Wales
Occupation:	Photographer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 11 July 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Sydney The Great Synagogue Roll of Honour

11 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sydney
24 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2149, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
24 Aug 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2149, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney

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36 Battalion

Rank - Private

25 May 1917 - Charged with using insulting language. Reprimanded by CO

26 to 29 May 1917 - AWOL. Fined 26 days full pay

4 June 1917 - Attached to the 9 Machine Gun Battalion

20 June 1917 - Returned to 36 Btn

Son of Teresa Asher and the late Solomon Asher, of 53A, Bourke St., Surry Hills, New South Wales,