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William Frank Ashley

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Frank AWMM
  • Surname
    Ashley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 40861 AWMM
    • WWII 35066 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
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 W.A. Ashley (father), 88 Don Street, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Carpenter/Civilian 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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • William Ashley was the son of William Arkinstall Ashley and Phoebe Ashley of Invercargill. He was the husband of Christiana Ashley of Blenheim. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    27 February 1941 AWMM
    Age 44 AWMM
    Trentham, Upper Hutt AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM 25. A/3. (S) AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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