English Māori Robert Henry Ashcroft PDF Key details Service numberWWI 40478 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rank WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 55), Page: 4 - No known copyright restrictions View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesRobert Henry AWMM SurnameAshcroft AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberWWI 40478 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistment Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationMrs Alice Beatrice Ashcroft (wife), Arney Crescent, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Relationship status Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Campaign Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWI 40478 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 Clerk AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 16 Feb 1917-2 May 1917 AWMM to Plymouth, Devon AWMM HMNZT 76 AWMM Vessel was Aparima AWMM Private AWMM 22nd Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notes Last known rank Contribute › Last rank Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › R.H. Ashcroft wrote the following poem published in New Zealanders at the Front, written and illustrated by men of the New Zealand Division, published by Cassell & Co. Ltd, 1917, p.145.1914-1917Something alone I crave: a little rest;Rest from inhuman things conceived in Hell,The snarl of shrapnel and the shrieking shell,Mysterious No-Man's Land where dread things dwell.So may my spirit once again be blest,And strong to reach the heights from which it fellThro' listening to the War God's deadly jestWhen ghouls wreaked vengeance on the tortured west.Soon may I see the white-sailed yachts come homeAt eve across the Waitemata's tide,Its placid azure cleft to sparkling foam,And hear the sound of laughter as they glide -Fair women's laughter, sweet to those who roamThro' stricken fields, shall bring me back my pride,And in that Land where God has built His shrineThere will be peace at last for me and mine.R.H. Ashcroft. AWMM Read more Death About death Contribute › 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 Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Robert Henry Ashcroft by laying a poppy. Peter Ashcroft Reginald Hubert Ashcroft Robert Henry Ashcroft Robert Peter Ashcroft Rodger Longdon Ashcroft Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Robert Henry Ashcroft Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects The moa : the journal of the Twenty Seconds on troopship "Aparima" (No. 76) Library / Pictorial › publication At sea D526.2 MOA Sources Sources Contribute › External linksMilitary personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22271247 Further Reference DocumentsNew Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM 55: 4 AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License