ANGEL, Ashley James
Service Numbers: | NX119497, N279268 |
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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 |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Corporal, NX119497 | |
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20 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N279268 | |
10 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX119497 |
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Add my storyBiography 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.