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ASHWOOD, Harold
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 868 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 September 1914, Lismore |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Sanitary Section |
| Born: | Casino, New South Wales, Australia, 15 January 1891 |
| Home Town: | Ballina, Ballina, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Woollara, New South Wales, Australia, 29 September 1964, aged 73 years |
| Cemetery: |
Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW |
| Memorials: | Ballina Municipal Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 868, 15th Infantry Battalion, Lismore | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 868, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 868, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 868, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 30 Jun 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 868, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapnel wound right buttock | |
| 5 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 11th Field Ambulance | |
| 5 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Sanitary Section | |
| 8 Oct 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 868, 5th Sanitary Section, Ex Italy, then in HT Port Darwin, Suez for return to Australia on transport duty [1914 leave] - disembarking Sydney 26 December 1918 then by train to Brisbane arriving 27 December 1918. | |
| 26 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 868, 5th Sanitary Section |
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