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Edmund Arthur ASHDOWN

Regimental number1819
Place of birthMackay, Queensland
SchoolCrown St Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address34 Cowles Road, Mosman, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Ashdown, 34 Cowles Road, Mosman, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the School Cadets.
Enlistment date2 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 17 March 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe was evacuated from Gallipoli, septic poisoning 1915; wounded Battle of Somme, 11 August 1916. Three of his brothers and a sister served abroad with the AIF.
FateKilled in Action 11 April 1917
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Age at death36
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialQueant Road Cemetery (Plot III, Row H, Grave 34), Buissy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
68
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward Parker and Florence Eleanor ASHDOWN, 25 Muston Road, Mosman, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 5363 Sapper Cecil Parker ASHDOWN, 14th Field Company Engineers, killed in action, 19 July 1916; 5361 Pte Clive ASHDOWN, 1st Australian General Hospital, returned to Australia, 8 August 1918; 1704 Pte Ernest Edwin ASHDOWN, 13th Bn, returned to Australia, 11 March 1916; Sister: Staff Nurse Maud ASHDOWN, Australian Army Nursing Service, discharged, 7 March 1917.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, France

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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