ASCHE, Frithoy Harold
| Service Numbers: | 368, Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 23 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 February 1879 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Wool Classer, Shearing Contractor |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 31 January 1917, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres Plot IV, Row E, Grave 2 |
| Memorials: | Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour, Pittsworth Great War Honoured Dead, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba St James' M2, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial) |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 368 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 368, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 8 Jun 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 147, notes promoted to Transport Sergeant o 8 Jun 1901. | |
| 20 Jan 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 368, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 41st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Dec 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 41st Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 May 1916: | Involvement Officer, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 18 May 1916: | Embarked 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney | |
| 15 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 41st Infantry Battalion |
Boer War Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 368, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Frithiof Harold ASCHE was born in Melbourne 3rd February 1879
His parents were Thomas ASCHE and Harriet Emma TREAR
On his birth record he is listed as Harold Fritzol & on the roll of honour (AWM) it is Frithoy (it appears these spellings are incorrect)
He married Eva Barbara Ada FREDERIC on 4th October, 1905 in Queensland - after his death Eva remarried on 1st August, 1919 to Vivian Joseph ARMSTRONG
He had previously served for 18 months in the Boer War (SN368) as a member of the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen & returned to Australia on the ship Moravian from Cape Town to Sydney on 6th January 1902 - discharged on 20th January 1902
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Lieutenant F.H. Asche, news of whose death in action on January 28 has been received in Toowoomba, Queensland was a younger brother of Mr. Oscar Asche, the well-known actor. He was 37 years of age and leaves a young wife.
Lieutenant Asche served in the South African War, was a sergeant in the Sixth Queensland Imperial Bushemn and was well known in pastoral circles in Queensland.
Lieutenant Asche as one of the good fellows one meets so seldom in life, who was kind to rich and poor alike, and ever ready to help in time of trouble. And we feel the loss of our kind bravesoldier so keenly. No man could die gamer. Lieut. Asche was married to the youngest daguhter of the late Mr. and Ms. Frederick, of Walhalla, who were darly beloved by all who knew them.
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