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FEWSTER, Ashley John
| Service Number: | 2107 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 7 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, March 1877 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | 2 September 1937, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Lyndoch Cemetery 395 Block 1 |
| Memorials: | Lyndoch and District Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 2107, 9th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 16 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 2107, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 2107, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, 2107, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Medically unfit. | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Trooper, 2107, 9th Light Horse Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Lemar
Ashley was born in Adelaide to Mary Ann Langley (1853 – 1938) and William Fewster (1814 – 1915)
He married Florence Johns on Jan 31 1911 in Lyndoch SA
They had 5 Children
Florence, Grace, Molly, William and Jack.
Military
Ashley John Eugene Fewster joined the AIF on 17th January 1916. He was allocated Service Number 2107 and joined 9th Light Horse Brigade.
He caught the train from Lyndoch with his Brother-In-Law Norman Nicholson Johns and they signed up together.
Norman was KIA 8/10/17 in Belgium.
Ashley left Australia on 15th March 1916. In August 1916 he was admitted to hospital in Abassia, and on or about 2nd or 7th October boarded H.T. “Ascanius”for return to Australia. He returned to Australia and was discharged as medically unfit on 21st November 1916.
On his war records it states that he had conjunctivitis, but speaking to his Grandsons, they believe he had a respiratory infection.
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