ASHTON R.

Given Names:  Roy

Service Number:  32286

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade, 8th reinforcements                                                               

Rank:  Gunner 

Paybook Number:  267769

Age:  28 Yrs   

Occupation:  Importer                                                                                                    

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8¾ In                  

Weight:  147 Lbs

Chest:  33½-35½ In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  17/6/1917

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Ida Ashton

53 Miller Grove, Kew, Victoria                                                                                          

Embarkation Date:  14/12/1917

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  RMS Osterley

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Kildonian Castle                                

Embarked:  21/3/1919                               

Disembarked:  7/5/1919

Unit:  Australian Flying Corps                                                                                                         

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  1/6/1919                         

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  63282

Victory Medal:  61162

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  7/5/1888

Place:  Queenscliff, Victoria                      

Father:  William Charles ASHTON            

Mother:  Mary Harriott BRADLY

MARRIAGE

Year:  1914     

Place:             

Spouse: Ida Sara HURLSTONE

DEATH

Date or Year: 26/6/1962                          

Place: ,           

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 22/10/1917; gassed

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  V60385                                       

Date Enlisted:  20/8/1940                                        

Date Discharged:  19/12/1945

COMMENTS

In WW2, gave DOB 7/5/1894

FURTHER INFORMATION