Leigh Edric ASHWORTH

Badge Number: 16628, Sub Branch: Burnside
16628

ASHWORTH, Leigh Edric

Service Numbers: 705, WX10959
Enlisted: 26 August 1914, Grafton, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 9th Infantry Battalion
Born: Pambula NSW, 11 December 1896
Home Town: South Grafton, Clarence Valley, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Truck Driver
Died: 1 April 1982, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
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Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Pambula District Soldiers Memorial
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World War 1 Service

26 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 705, 9th Infantry Battalion, Grafton, NSW
24 Sep 1914: Involvement Private, 705, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
24 Sep 1914: Embarked Private, 705, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane
11 Nov 1918: Involvement 705

World War 2 Service

26 Feb 1941: Involvement Private, WX10959, D SECTION 4 RESERVE M/T COY
26 Feb 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX10959

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ashworth of Branxton, N.S.W.