Charles Gerald ASHTON

Regimental number5974
Place of birthMudgee, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressQuairading Post Office, Quairading, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinWife, Mrs E M Ashton, PO, Quairading, Western Australia
Enlistment date4 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll6 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 7 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Australian Light Railway Operating Company
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of bronco-pneumonia.
FateDied of disease 11 February 1919
Place of burialSt John's Churchyard, Sutton Veney, Wiltshire, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
26
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal