Thomas George Ashman

Forenames

Thomas George AWMM

Surname

Ashman AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/1401B AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth notes

Son of the late John and Margaret Ashman, of Christchurch

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Address before enlistment

Winter's Hotel, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Marigold Ashman (mother), care of R.H. Richards, care of A.S. Corrigan and Co., Cuba Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM
• Husband of Minnie Ashman, of 41, Cashel St. West, Christchurch
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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/1401B AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

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

Capture details

• WW1 POW - Constantinople AWMM
  24 Aug 1915 AWMM
• WW1 POW - Gallipoli AWMM
  24 Aug 1915 AWMM

Medical notes

Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of wounds 1.10.1915 as POW AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM

Death

1 Oct 1915 AWMM
Age  44 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM

Cemetery

Haidar Pasha Cemetery, Haidar Pasha, Turkey AWMM II. E. 1. AWMM

Obituary

GISBORNE TIMES, VOLUME XLV, ISSUE 4039, 20 SEPTEMBER 1915, PAGE 5
Amongst those now reported to be prisoners of war in Constantinople are Private T. G. Ashman, brother of M Crannev. of Gisborne. Matawai, who left Gisborne with the Fourth Reinforcements.

POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLII, ISSUE 13813, 13 OCTOBER 1915, PAGE 4
Mrs Cranney received the sad news to-day that her brother, Private T. G. Ashman, a .prisoner at Constantinople, has died of wounds in the hospital at the Turkish capital. Private Ashman had his arm amputated and both knees wounded

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 May 2023 - Papers Past - Gisborne Newspapers

Memorial name

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/R22271280
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/427811/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/427811
  Further Reference
• Prisoners of War - Prisoners of War in Turkey, reports of treatment (1919). Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R10701387)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10701387
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 21
• 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. 3: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Prisoners of War Taken by the Enemy during (the) Period August 1914 to November 1918 [Listed by Surname in Alphabetical Order], Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R26112295)
• Prisoners of War - Prisoners of War in Turkey, reports of treatment (1919). Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R10701387)