Charles Frederick ASSHETON

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ASSHETON, Charles Frederick

Service Number:	NX379
Enlisted:	18 March 1940
Last Rank:	Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit:	2nd/20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia , 21 September 1901
Home Town:	Tamworth, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Fort St. Boys High School & Sydney University, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Civil Engineer
Died:	Died of Wounds, Malaya, 9 February 1942, aged 40 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Singapore War Memorial, Kranji, Singapore Col 125
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glen Innes World War 2 Memorial, Petersham Fort Street High School WW2 Honour Roll, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lieutenant Colonel, NX379
18 Mar 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, NX379, 2nd/20th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Charles Frederick ASSHETON was born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia on 21st September, 1901

His parents were Frederick Claude Latima ASSHETON & Elizabeth Helen DUELL who married in Kalgoorlie in 1899

He married Anne Amelia DEHLE on 7th April, 1927 in the Holy Trinity Church in Strahan, Tasmania

Charles died of wounds in Malaya on 9th February, 1942 during the Fall of Singapore - no known grave

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Singapore Memorial

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His Father Frederick Claude Latima ASSHETON (SN 2341) served in the Army during WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919

His son John Latima ASSHETON (SN NX202253) died in a mortar shell accident in a home garage on 9th July, 1944 - he was with the 41st Infantry Battalion and had used his brothers details to enlist - he was only 16 years old

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