Harold Bruce Ashton

Second Lieutenant

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of George Edward Ashton and of Hilda Mitford Ashton (nee Austin), of Gisborne, Auckland, New Zealand; husband of Mary Arbuthnott Ashton, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

References:

CWGC

WW2 RoH

NZ WAR GRAVES

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Casualty

Service Number:

23130

Name:

Harold Bruce Ashton

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

Mrs M.A. Ashton (wife), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Enlistment Address:

146 St Andrews Road, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand

Occupation on Enlistment:

Clerk

Unit:

New Zealand Infantry, 24 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

24 November 1941

Day of Death:

Monday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma

Cemetery Reference:

6. D. 16.

Cemetery Location:

Libya