Harold ASHWOOD

ASHWOOD, Harold

Service Number: 868
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
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World War 1 Service

18 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 868, 15th Infantry Battalion, Lismore
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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