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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Harry Ashton |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Sergeant |
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| Forename(s): |
Harry |
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| Surname: |
Ashton |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
24/36 |
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| First Known Rank: |
Corporal |
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| Next of Kin: |
Mrs Ashton (wife), 51 Britannia Street, Petone, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Married |
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| Enlistment Address: |
51 Britannia Street, Petone, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Wellington |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
A Company |
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| Embarkation Date: |
9 October 1915 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo |
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| Destination: |
Suez, Egypt |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
22 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion |
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| Place of Death: |
France |
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| Date of Death: |
22 September 1916 |
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| Age at Death: |
32 |
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| Year of Death: |
1916 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Died of wounds |
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| Cemetery Name: |
Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France |
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| Grave Reference: |
III. C. 41. |
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| Biographical Notes: |
Harry Ashton was the son of Harry and Sarah Emily Ashton, of Leeds, England, husband of Grace Elizabeth Ashton, of Petone, New Zealand. |
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| Archives NZ source: |
Military personnel file |
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| Sources Used: |
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919 |
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