ASHTON, Evan Ivor
| Service Number: | 2272 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 May 1916, 4 years cadets, 16th Infantry |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia, 2 March 1898 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Hamilton Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer (Honeysuckle Point Railway Workshops) |
| Died: | Broadmeadow, New South Wales, Australia, 19 February 1959, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 3-203. 27. |
| Memorials: | Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Wickham Honey Suckle Point (H.S.P.) Loco Railway Workshops Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 1 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2272, 36th Infantry Battalion, 4 years cadets, 16th Infantry | |
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| 17 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2272, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2272, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 22 May 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2272, 33rd Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, Medically unfit, wounding |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
66 years ago today, on the 20th February 1959, Private Evan Ivor Ashton, referred to as Ivor, 33rd Battalion (Reg No-2272), labourer (Honeysuckle Point Railway Workshops), from 27 Reay Street, Hamilton, New South Wales and 8 Sparke Lane, Newcastle, N.S.W. and 156 Broadmeadow Road, Broadmeadow, N.S.W., father of two (Clare and Donald), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 60. ANGLICAN 3-203. 27.
Born at Newtown, (Hamilton) New South Wales on the 2nd March 1898 to Evan Biddle, died 15.9.1944, Wyong, N.S.W., age?, buried at BAPTIST-H SE. 14, from Boreas Road, Hamilton North, (Newtown) New South Wales and 36 De Vitre Street, Lambton, N.S.W., and Berthiah (Bertha, Berthah, Berthea, Bithiah) Ashton nee Middleton, died 14.9.1924, Lambton, N.S.W., age 63, sleeping at BAPTIST-H SE. 14, mother of 8, from Boreas Road, Hamilton North, (Newtown) New South Wales and 36 De Vitre Street, Lambton, N.S.W.; husband of Alma Katherine Ashton nee Winsor, married 1922, Wickham, N.S.W., died 17.9.1947, Mater Hospital, Waratah, N.S.W., age 44, sleeping at CATHOLIC 2-57. 91, from 156 Broadmeadow Road, Broadmeadow, N.S.W., Ivor enlisted on the 1st May 1916 with the 36th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A30 Borda on the 17th October 1916.
36th Battalion officially disbanded 30.4.1918.
Transferred to 33rd Battalion 30.4.1918.
Wounded in action - 22.8.1918 (GSW right leg, severe).
Amputation of right thigh.
Invalided to England 5.9.1918.
Commenced return to Australia 16.3.1919.
Ivor arrived home invalided on the 15th May 1919, not being discharged medically unfit until the 22nd May 1920.
Mr. Ashton’s name has been inscribed on the Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honor, Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial, Hamilton Municipal District Roll of Honor, Lambton/New Lambton Municipal District Roll of Honor, Honeysuckle Point Railway Workshops Roll of Honour and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at Ivor’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Officially commemorated – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html....
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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