Robert Ashworth

Forenames

Robert AWMM

Surname

Ashworth AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/1402A AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

11 Apr 1893 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra

Place of birth

England

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Birth notes

Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Ashworth, of 115, Peel St., Gisborne previously from Oldham, England.

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM 119 Cobden Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

E. Ashworth (father), 119 Cobden Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/1402A AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 17 or HMNZT 18 or HMNZT 19 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima AWMM Private AWMM Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM 3rd Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
• Height, WWI AWMM
  5' 8" AWMM
• Weight, WWI AWMM
  151 lb AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM

Death

8 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Obituary

Cable advice has been received by Mr E. Ashworth, of the City Cleaning Coy that his. son, Private R. Ashworth, of the 3rd reinforcements, previously reported missing is now reported by the Court of Inqujry as Believed to be dead. Cables bf sympathy have been received from his Majesty the King, Mr J. Allen (Minister of Defence), Sir J G Ward, and Captain Gavin Hamilton, Private Secretary to the Governor.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 26 April 2023 - ROLL OF HONOR.
POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLIII, ISSUE 13903, 28 JANUARY 1916, PAGE 5

Memorial name

• Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22271339
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/679726/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/679726
  Further Reference

References

• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 22
• NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 5: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.