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ASHBOLT, Harry Shepherdson
Step 1: Personal Details
Service Number: | 415064 |
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Enlisted: | 23 June 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 31 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Nedlands, Western Australia, 7 April 1922 |
Home Town: | York, York, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Salesman |
Died: | Flying Battle, Timor, 15 April 1944, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, York and District WW2 Honour Roll |
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Frederick and Lillian Charlotte Ashbolt of York, Western Australia
RAAF Beaufighter aircraft A19-178 of Number 31 Squadron went missing off the coast of Timor - both crewmen were reported killed: Flight Sergeant Ernest Joseph Hiskins 410058 & Flight Sergeant Harry Shephardson Ashbolt 415064
Both men are commemorated on the Northern Territory Memorial to the Missing located at Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT