Ashley James ANGEL

ANGEL, Ashley James

Service Numbers: NX119497, N279268
Enlisted: 20 August 1941
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Wagga Wagga, NSW, 27 September 1919
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Injuries from Waggon overturn, Northampton, WA, Australia, 22 August 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Geraldton War Cemetery, Western Australia
Plot A Row B Grave 8, Geraldton War Cemetery, Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wagga Wagga Cenotaph
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Corporal, NX119497
20 Aug 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N279268
10 Aug 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX119497

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Northampton Fatality. — When a military utility waggon overturned on the Geraldton-Northampton Road about a mile from the latter centre shortly before 1 p.m. on Sunday Ashley James Angel, a soldier, was killed. It is understood that the vehicle had left Geraldton earlier in the day for Northampton, and that Angel was travelling in the body of the utility. The mishap occurred as the vehicle was negotiating a sharp bend in the road.  The coroner (Mr. K. H. Parker) has been notified of the occurrence.

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