Participant Info

Given Name

William Frederick

Family Name

Ashby

Service Number

23

Place of Birth

Omeo VIC

Occupation

Labourer

Place of Enlistment

Melbourne VIC

Next of Kin

Father, Donald McPhee

Address on Enlistment

Orbost, Victoria

Unit on Embarkation

Mining Corps Headquarters

Age at Embarkation

31

Embarkation Vessel

HMAT A38 Ulysses, Sydney NSW on 20 February 1916

Rank on Enlistment

Sapper

Unit at Discharge

Rank at Death/Discharge

Private

Date of Return

3/03/1919

Place of death or wounding

Date of Death

Fate

RTA

Place of burial/memorial

Courcelette British Cemetery (Plot III, Row C, Grave No 30), France

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Link to record

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