Clyde Arthell Allan ASHBY

Badge Number: 7934
7934

ASHBY, Clyde Arthell Allan

Service Number: 15636
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Army Medical Corps (AIF)
Born: Goodwood, SA, 19 October 1897
Home Town: Unley, Unley, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: House Decorator
Died: Poison Self Administered (Suicide Doubtful), Parkside, SA, 30 September 1923, aged 25 years
Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery (General)
Road 1 North Path B1 E 29
Memorials: Adelaide Gilles Street Primary School WW1 Honour Roll (New), Hawthorn Victory Lodge Roll of Honour, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board
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World War 1 Service

23 Oct 1916: Involvement Private, 15636, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
23 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 15636, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Port Melbourne, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Private, 15636
Date unknown: Wounded 15636

SUPPOSED SUICIDE. PINK POWDER IN DRINK LEADS TO MAN'S DEATH

The Barrier Miner Tuesday 02 October 1923 page 1

SUPPOSED SUICIDE.
PINK POWDER IN DRINK
LEADS TO MAN'S DEATH

The Parkside police reported on Sunday that Clyde Arthell Allan Ashby (27), a painter, of Eden Hills, died at 2 a.m. Sunday, at the residence of Mrs.A. M. Nienaber, Wilkinsonroad, Parkside (says the "Advertiser"). Ashby is stated to have left Eden Hill, on Saturday to come to Adelaide. He had been in indifferent health for sometime owing to having been gassed at the war. He was a friend of Mrs. Nienaber, and was at her home at 6 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. They sat down at a table in the dining room to have, some tea, and she noticed him tip a phial of pink powder in his tea. She grasped the cup and threw the contents to the floor. Ashby left the house, but returned a few minutes later, and Mrs. Nienaber saw him near the back door drinking from a cup. Ashby was next seen lying on the ground on a vacant allotment of land opposite Mrs. Nienabers house. He was assisted inside the house and placed upon a bed. About ll o'clock he said he was feeling much better, and that it was only an attack of nerves. Shortly afterwards Ashby became affected with twitching turns, which continued until about 2 a.m., when he fainted. The Parkside police were summoned, and subsequently Dr. H. K. Fry was sent for, but Ashby was dead.

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Son of John Charles ASHBY and Harriet nee SKINNER