ASHTON, Sydney
| Service Number: | 2043 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 June 1916, Place of enlistment - Cootamundra, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dealer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 4 September 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Bois-Guillaume Communal Cemetery Extension Row G, Grave 1A Headstone Inscription "CHRIST SHALL LINK THE BROKEN CHAIN STILL CLOSER WHEN WE MEET AGAIN", Bois Guillaume Communal Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wagga Wagga Cenotaph, Wagga Wagga Victory Memorial Arch |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2043, 56th Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Cootamundra, New South Wales | |
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| 23 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2043, 56th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A37' Barambah from Sydney on 23rd June 1916. | |
| 4 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2043, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2043 awm_unit: 5th Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-09-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of John Henry and Agnes Harriet ASHTON, of Hay, New South Wales. Husband of Elizabeth ASHTON, of Crampton Lane, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
According to his Red Cross file he was wounded by a high explosive shell on the 2 September 1918 and was carried to the dressing station by his brother Arthur, who was also serving in the 5th Machine Gun Battalion. He was admitted to the No.2 General Hospital with a fractured femur and left arm. He died of wounds 2 days later. He was a married man, and almost 40 years of age. Another younger brother, Benjamin Ashton had been killed in action on Christmas Eve 1916.