Joseph Stuart (Georgie) ASHBY

ASHBY, Joseph Stuart

Service Number: 1901
Enlisted: 19 January 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 13th Infantry Battalion
Born: Southwark, England, December 1883
Home Town: North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Cigar Salesman
Died: Died of Wounds (received at Gallipoli), Alexandria, Egypt, 28 September 1915
Cemetery: Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery
D 120, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

19 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1901, 13th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, New South Wales
13 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1901, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
13 Apr 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1901, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney
13 Jul 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1901, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
8 Sep 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1901, 13th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, GSW - side, back and chest

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Born at 38 Darwin street, London, was the son of Ernest Rupert and Anne Ashby, of 23 Trafalgar road, Southwark, London, England. (No. 23 no longer exists - possibly this part of the street was Blitzed during WW2.)

Late of Mosman, NSW

Member of the Tarbolton 12 Lodge

ASHBY.—Lance-Corporal J. S. Ashby ("Georgie"), died of wounds received at Dardanelles. Inserted by his friends, Phyllis W. Wilkes and Howard W. Remington.