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Isabella Ashurst

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Portrait, Sergeant Isabella Ashurst - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, Sergeant Isabella Ashurst - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Isabella AWMM
  • Surname
    Ashurst AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Isabella Williams AWMM
    • Isabelle AWMM
    • Isobelle Ashurst AWMM
    • Isobelle Williams AWMM
  • Service number
    813463 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    8 August 1920 AWMM Runanga, West Coast AWMM
    Runanga, West Coast, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 1 September 1943 AWMM Startown, Huntly, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs J. Ashurst (mother), Startown, Huntly, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 15 December 1943 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Papakura Military Camp - 3 months AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1 September 1943 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Home Duties/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • VAD Nurse AWMM

Death

About 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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Sources

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  • External links
    New Zealand Military Nursing: New Zealand Army Nursing Service - Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps
    http://www.nzans.org/index.htm
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 12: WW2 8 AWMM
    • Service Women Project: Sponsorship to research this record was kindly provided by the Auckland Returned Services Association, Returned Servicewomen's Branch; Marjorie Traill, Dorothy Grant, Daphne Shaw and Margaret Woollett. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.9 AWMM
    • WAAC [Women's Auxiliary Army Corps] - Lists - Overseas Information [including Strength Returns and Embarkation Rolls] (1943 - 1945) - Archives New Zealand, Wellington, (R22502074) AWMM
    • WAAC [Women's Auxiliary Army Corps] - Middle East - Drafts - Strength Return [and Embarkation Rolls] (1943-1945). Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R22502075). AWMM

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