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ASHARD, Martin Stanley Claud
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2123 |
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Enlisted: | 17 March 1916, Sydney, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Gresford,New South Wales, Australia, 20 September 1896 |
Home Town: | Canterbury, Canterbury, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Coppersmith |
Died: | Natural causes (cancer), Gosford, New South Wales, Australia, 16 January 1974, aged 77 years |
Cemetery: |
Palmdale Lawn Cemetery & Memorial Park, NSW |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
17 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2123, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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4 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2123, 56th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
4 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2123, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney | |
16 Feb 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2123, 56th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, Gassed | |
25 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2123, 56th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, 2nd occasion - Gassed | |
28 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2123, 56th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, Date of wounding is actually 28 SEP 16. This suggests that the member was wounded in the Polygon Wood advance. | |
20 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2123, 56th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", 3rd occasion | |
1 Feb 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2123, 56th Infantry Battalion |
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