Harold Bruce Ashton

Forenames

Harold Bruce AWMM

Surname

Ashton AWMM

Service number

23130 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1918

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Place of birth

Gisborne

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Birth notes

Son of George Edward Ashton and of Hilda Mitford Ashton (nee Austin), of Gisborne,

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM 146 St Andrews Road, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs M.A. Ashton (wife), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia AWMM

Relationship status

• Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
• Husband of Mary Arbuthnott Ashton, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Western Desert AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

23130 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Clerk AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Infantry Reinforcements AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Second Lieutenant AWMM
24 (Auckland) Infantry Battalion AWMM

Harold Ashton was the son of George Edward Ashton and of Hilda Mitford Ashton (nee Austin), of Gisborne, Auckland, New Zealand; husband of Mary Arbuthnott Ashton, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. AWMM

Death

24 Nov 1941 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya AWMM 6. D. 16. AWMM

Obituary

From Auckland comes news that Second-Lieutenant Bruce Ashton, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Ashton and a brother of Mrs. L. C. D. Harries. Gisborne, was killed in action on November 24. His parents formerly resided in Gisborne for many years. Second - Lieutenant Ashton was married just prior to going overseas a year ago.

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Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-24Ba.html
  Sources Used
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2095967
  Sources Used

References

• Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Fortune, G. & Bebich, M. (2008). Citizenship and remembrance : a history of the 24 NZ Infantry Battalion Association. Auckland, N.Z.: Polygraphia.