ASHTON, Gawler Hughes
| Service Numbers: | 418, Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1915, C Company Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 11th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Snowtown, South Australia, 11 November 1889 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Station Manager |
| Died: | North Adelaide, South Australia, 19 May 1967, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (General) Adelaide, South Australia Road 1 South, Path 25E, Site 11 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Port Wakefield Memorial Arch, Rose Park Gartrell Memorial Methodist Church Roll of Honour, Tusmore Burnside District Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 418, 43rd Infantry Battalion, C Company Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 418, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 11th Light Trench Mortar Battery, "The Last Hundred Days" | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded |
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Married to Millicent Mildred Ashton of Swain Avenue Rose Park
Railway Station Master
Enlisted into 43rd Infantry Battalion C Company as CQMS Company Quarert Master Sergeant
43 Battalion
Transferred to 11th Trench Mortar Battery
Rank - Lt. Mentioned in despatches
4 July 1917 - Wounded in action. Gusnshot wound to the left shoulder; invalided to England
26 November 1919 - Returned on board HMAT Morea
19 January 1920 - Discharged
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Son of Albert Gawler and Mary (formerly Cornish nee Brereton). Husband of Millicent Mildred Ashton (nee Day). Married in the Methodist Church, Adelaide on 8 May 1916.