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Thomas Bertram Ashton

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1/4 portrait of Private Thomas Bertram Ashton of the Auckland Infantry Battalion, - A Company, 21st Reinforcements. [LS: 33802] (Photographer: Herman Schmidt, 1917). Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 31-A2647. No known copyright.

1/4 portrait of Private Thomas Bertram Ashton of the Auckland Infantry Battalion, - A Company, 21st …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas Bertram AWMM
  • Surname
    Ashton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 33802 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Methodist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Clerk AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Kathleen Ashton (wife), Domett Avenue, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 33802 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
    WW1 19 September 1916 AWMM
    Age 26 AWMM
    Clerk AWMM
  • 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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 feet 8 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      136 pounds AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      brown AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Severe trench fever - field hospital several times AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Heart AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Married Kathleen Ashton. Children were Fred, Margaret, Wallace, David, Graham and Hazel. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    1 July 1953 AWMM
    Age 63 AWMM
    Onehunga, Auckland AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Mangere Public Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 17 July 1953 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Mount Albert Methodist Church, 831 New North Road, Mount Albert, Auckland 1025 AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22271314
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      52: 4 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 17 July 1953 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 3: Includes portrait AWMM

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