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  • St. Kilda
  • Victoria, Australia
  • Surrey Hills, Victoria
  • Son of Robert and Catherine Ashton.
    Husband of E. S. Ashton, of Napier St., Maryborough, Victoria, Australia
  • Packer

Military service

  • Enlisted 31 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
  • 4131
  • Corporal
  • 1914/15 Star Medal, Victory Medal, British War Medal
  • 8th Bn. Australian Infantry
  • Embarked Melbourne 29 December 1915; to France March 1916; appointed Lance Corporal 20 October 1916; promoted Corporal 20 September 1917

Death

  • 4 October 1917
  • Died of multiple shrapnel wounds, n°3 Canadian CCS
  • 31
  • XX - K - 16A

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