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Ernest Edwin ASHDOWN

Regimental number1704
Place of birthMackay Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address34 Cowles Road, Mosman, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMother, Mrs F.E. Ashdown, 34 Cowles Road, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date11 January 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
FateReturned to Australia 11 March 1916
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 5363 Sapper Cecil Parker ASHDOWN, 14th Field Company Engineers, killed in action, 19 July 1916; 1819 Pte Edmund Arthur ASHDOWN, 13th Bn, killed in action, 11 April 1917; 5361 Pte Clive ASHDOWN, 1st Australian General Hospital, returned to Australia, 8 August 1918; Sister: Staff Nurse Maud ASHDOWN, Australian Army Nursing Service, discharged, 7 March 1917.~
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death27 August 1949

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