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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth St. Kilda
• Land Victoria, Australia
• Last residence Surrey Hills, Victoria
• Family Son of Robert and Catherine Ashton.
  Husband of E. S. Ashton, of Napier St., Maryborough, Victoria, Australia
• Profession Packer

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 31 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
• Service number 4131
• Rank Corporal
• Medals 1914/15 Star Medal, Victory Medal, British War Medal
• Regiment and unit 8th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Other data related to military career Embarked Melbourne 29 December 1915; to France March 1916; appointed Lance Corporal 20 October 1916; promoted Corporal 20 September 1917

Death

• Wounded 4 October 1917
• Type of wounds Died of multiple shrapnel wounds, n°3 Canadian CCS
• Died at the age of 31
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XX - K - 16A

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