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Robert Alfred Ashby

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Face 39, Medjez-El-Bab Memorial, Tunisia (photo B. Coutts, 2009) - This image may be subject to copyright

Face 39, Medjez-El-Bab Memorial, Tunisia (photo B. Coutts, 2009) - This image may be subject to copy …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert Alfred AWMM
  • Surname
    Ashby AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    452088 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
    Unknown AWMM Main Street, Matamata, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs J. Ashby (mother), Ravensbourne, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Tunisia AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    452088 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Edward and Janet Stuart Ashby. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    22 March 1943 AWMM
    Age 37 AWMM
    Tunisia AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Medjez-el-Bab Memorial, Tunisia AWMM

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2541334
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 9: WW2 14 AWMM
    • Norton, F. (1952). 26 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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