Stanley Walter ASHTON

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Service Number:	Q24629
Enlisted:	18 February 1939
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 15 June 1909
Home Town:	Tiaro, Fraser Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer & Carrier
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 14 August 1943, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot P. Row B. Grave 2. Personal Inscription ~ "RESURGAM". (I shall rise again.)
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gympie WW2, Maryborough 47th Battalion Fallen Comrades HB, Tiaro Shire Honour Roll WW2, Tiaro War Memorial

18 Feb 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q24629
3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, Q24629
17 Jul 1941:	Enlisted
18 Jan 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 47th Infantry Battalion
14 Aug 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 47th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, Killed in action

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