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ASHBY, Joseph Stuart
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1901 |
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| 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, Egypt 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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1901, 13th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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.
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