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Edward Ashby

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Ashby AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 21030 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1940 AWMM Gore Rd., Mataura AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mr. E. Ashby, Junction Rd., Ravensbourne, Dunedin (father) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1940 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 21030 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1940 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.10 Paper-mill employee/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.10
    Gore, Southland 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.10
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Edward "Snow" Ashby survived and married Merville Lille and they had three children Janet, Kevin and Anne.
    Public - Samara - Direct descendant - 6 February 2023
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Sources

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  • References
    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    p.10 AWMM

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06 February 2023SamaraAuckland New Zealand Direct descendant

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