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ASHBY, Hector George
Personal Details
Service Number: | 284 |
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Enlisted: | 17 February 1915, Enlisted in Melbourne |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Wandilagong, Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
Home Town: | Stanley, Indigo, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Blacksmith |
Died: | Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 29 June 1916 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beechworth War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
17 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 284, Enlisted in Melbourne | |
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10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 284, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 284, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Charles Ashby of Stanley, Victoria
Medals 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal