ASHDOWN, George Cook
| Service Number: | 3662 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 November 1916, Charleville, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia, 1875 |
| Home Town: | Camperdown, Inner West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Public School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Shearer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Plot 8, Row F, Grave no. 16 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Paroo Shire Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3662, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Charleville, Queensland | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3662, 4th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3662, 4th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney | |
| 11 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion, Gun shot wound to right leg | |
| 5 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 3662, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3662 awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-05 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
George Cook ASHDOWN was born in 1875 in Camperdown , Sydney
His parents were James ASHDOWN and Elizabeth COOK who married in 1874 in Sydney
He was living in Cunnamulla, Queensland and working as a Shearer when he enlisted for WW1 on 23rd November, 1916 in Charlesville, Queensland
He embarked as a Private with the 4th Pioneer Battalion, 9th reinforcements on the ship HMAT Ayrshire which left Sydney on 24th January, 1917
George was Killed In Action on 5th April, 1918 at Dernancourt, France during a big german offensive & is buried in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension.
Inscription on his headstone reads:
"IN MEMORY OF OUR DEARLY LOVED BROTHER GEORGE, AT REST"
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & he received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
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Trove - OBITUARIES
"A life nobly ended"
"He gave his life at duties call, beloved by comrades, one & all"
"He sleeps beside his comrades, in a hallowed grave unknown
but his name is written in letters of gold,
on the hearts he left at home"
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