Wallace Wadsworth ASHWORTH

ASHWORTH, Wallace Wadsworth

Service Number: NX59571
Enlisted: 18 July 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 22 July 1910
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Unknown
Occupation: Motor lorry & car driver
Died: Fractured skull - motor accident, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia, 12 October 1940, aged 30 years
Cemetery: Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW
Cremated Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, New South Wales Cremation Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX59571
18 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX59571, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies, Paddington
18 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX59571, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies
12 Oct 1940: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX59571, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies, Employment PN 8th Division

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Wallace Wadsworth ASHWORTH was born in Sydney on 22nd July, 1910

His parents were Edrick ASHWORTH & Alice ARMSTRONG who married in Kelso,  NSW on 7th January 1902

He married Rita Brenda DONOVAN in Sydney in 1930 - two children, Valerie & Geoffrey

He enlisted in Paddington, Sydney with the Army on 18th July, 1940 and served with the Army Labour Service, 8 Employment Company

Wallace died in Sydney Hospital on 12th October, 1940 following an accident between his motor cycle & a car in Darlinghurst, Sydney and was cremated at Eastern Suburbs Crematorium

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