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ASHCROFT, William Henry

Personal Details

Service Numbers:	1488, 5648, 2264
Enlisted:	31 October 1914
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Blackpool, England, United Kingdom, 1896
Home Town:	Ouyen, Mildura Shire, Victoria
Schooling:	RC School Blackpool
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Killed in action, France, 27 April 1917
Cemetery:	Morchies Australian Cemetery
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

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World War 1 Service

31 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 1488, 13th Infantry Battalion
4 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, SN 5648, 5th Infantry Battalion
4 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, SN 5648, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
27 Apr 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, SN 2264, 5th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Peter Rankin

He served under the alias of William Ashworth

He served under the alias of William Ashworth

Biography contributed by Neville Randall

William Henry Ashcroft worked for the Argentine Meat Co. as a butcher as a young lad and on 29 July 1913, he left for a new life in Australia aboard the Port Lincoln for destined for Melbourne. He was working as a farmhand for Charles L King at Ouyen when war broke out.

William Henry Ashcroft worked for the Argentine Meat Co. as a butcher as a young lad and on 29 July 1913, he left for a new life in Australia aboard the Port Lincoln for destined for Melbourne. He was working as a farmhand for Charles L King at Ouyen when war broke out.

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• William Henry’s Commonwealth War Graves Commission record

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