Ernest Sydney ASHEU

ASHEU, Ernest Sydney

Service Number: 1639
Enlisted: 22 September 1914, Brisbane, Qld.
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 301st Company Mechancial Transport
Born: Cooktown, Queensland, Australia , 1889
Home Town: Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Driver
Died: Nephritis, 6th Australian General Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 9 October 1917
Cemetery: Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland
10. 42. 10. Q1/353.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

22 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 1639, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, Brisbane, Qld.
22 Dec 1914: Involvement Driver, 1639, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: 'Alternate surnames: Ashen & Asheu'
22 Dec 1914: Embarked Driver, 1639, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

NOTE: This soldier is also know as Pte Ernest Sydney ASHEN. Throughout the Service Record the Family name of ASHUE adn ASHEN are both used. The record on the Roll of Honour is formally linked to the Family name ASHEN and the digital file notes  'Also known As' Ernest Syndey ASHEU.

Private ASHUE was found Permanently unfit for Duty on 6 July 1917 and as returned to Australia on 13 September 1917.

Son of S and Rosina ASHEU
Of Terrace Street, New Farm, Brisbane, Qld.

Mr. and Mrs. S. E. ASHEU and Family wish to convey their heartfelt THANKS to the Doctors, Sisters, and Staff of the 6th Australian General Hospital, Kangaroo Point, for their kindness, care, and attention to Driver Ernest Sydney Asheu during his illness, also for their condolence in the sad bereavement

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