Joseph John ASHTON

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Service Number:	VX27128
Enlisted:	14 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 4 March 1915
Home Town:	South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Wharf Labourer (Casual)
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 8 February 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot J. Row A. Grave 5. Personal Inscription ~ "THE SUPREME SACRIFICE".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX27128
14 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX27128
18 Jun 1941:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion
8 Feb 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX27128, 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion , Killed in action New Guinea.

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