Regimental number | 1819 |
Place of birth | Mackay, Queensland |
School | Crown St Public School, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | 34 Cowles Road, Mosman, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 34 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs E Ashdown, 34 Cowles Road, Mosman, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served in the School Cadets. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 13th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/30/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 13th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | He 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. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Bullecourt, France |
Age at death | 36 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 36 |
Place of burial | Queant 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 connections | Brothers: 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 |