ASHTON, Isaac
| Service Number: | 1903 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lancashire, England, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Ryde, Ryde, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Burwood School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Tanner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Special Memorial, Row C, Grave 82 Headstone inscription reads: Greater love hath no man he lay down his life for his friends, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1903, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1903, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1903, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 3 years
Address at the time of enlistment was 'Kumara', Ryde, NSW
Son of Isaac and Charlotte Ashton. Brother of Mary Emma Tye of Ryde, NSW. Brother of Percy Ashton who was killed in action on 2 August 1917 while serving with the 13th Field Artillery Brigade and is buried in the Brandhoek New Military Cemetery Plot 11, Row E, Grave 13
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Private Isaac Ashton (killed) was a brother of Mrs. H. Tye, of Ryde, and 35 years of age. Educated at Fort Street School, he was a tanner by trade, and well-known in Queensland, but at the time of enlistment was in the employ of Messrs. Allen Taylor and Co., timber merchants, Glebe. The deceased was a good rlfle shot, and hls father on one occasion went within one point of winning the King's Prize. A nephew of the deceased, the only child of Mrs. Tye, is at the front.
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