Leslie (Les) ASHTON

Leslie (Les) ASHTON Update Details

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Service Number:	7
Enlisted:	6 April 1915, Place of Enlistment, Bundaberg, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 18 March 1893
Home Town:	Avondale, Bundaberg, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Illness , Tully, Queensland, Australia, 11 August 1940, aged 47 years
Cemetery:	Tully Cemetery, Queensland, Australia Lot 27, Row D.
Memorials:	Avondale Honour Roll, Tegege Hall Honour Board

6 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7, 26th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Bundaberg, Queensland.
24 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 7, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
24 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 7, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Brisbane
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7, 26th Infantry Battalion
8 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7, 26th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Occasion.
8 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7, 26th Infantry Battalion, 3rd Occasion.
5 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, 7, Returned to Australia.

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