Edward Beken ASHCROFT

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ASHCROFT, Edward Beken

Service Number:	5649
Enlisted:	13 March 1916, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Liverpool, Lancashire, England, 1896
Home Town:	Windsor, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Christ Church School, Liverpool, England
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 8 May 1917
Cemetery:	Grevillers British Cemetery Plot 1V, Row D, Grave 2
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

13 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
4 Apr 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5649, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
4 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5649, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
8 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5649, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5649 awm_unit: 2 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-08

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

His brother 5648 Pte William Henry Ashcroft, 5th Battalion AIF was killed in action , 20 December 1916. Another brother, 3451 Pte Walter Benjamin Ashcroft 2nd Pioneer Battalion, was said to have gone out looking for Edward, (they were in the same unit), was severely wounded in the process, (double amputation of legs) and was returned to Australia, 16 March 1918.

Biography

Son of Emma Marion and the late Walter Boyes Ashcroft, 33 Sheffield Street, Coburg, Victoria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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