"The funeral of Lieutenant William Frank Ashley, who died suddenly at Trentham Camp on Thursday, was carried out with full military honours at the Soldiers' Cemetery at Karori on Saturday. The coffin was draped with the Union Jack, and on arrival at the cemetery gates the cortege was met by a firing party from Trentham, which fell in behind the funeral coach and followed it to the graveside. The service at the graveside was conducted by the Rev. T. Skuse, and a choir from the Returned Soldiers' Association sang "Lead Kindly Light." Lieutenant Ashley saw service in the last war, and  each of the returned soldiers present was given a poppy, which he cast into the grave as he paid his last respects. The other commissioned ranks stepped up to the graveside and paid their respects separately. The "Last Post" was sounded by buglers from Fort Dorset, and at the conclusion of the service, the empty cartridge cases used by the firing party were handed to deceased's relatives. The chief mourners were Mrs. Ashley and her son and daughter. The pall-bearers were Captains Hollis, Britten. Porritt, Bale, Crane, and King. The cars for the funeral party were supplied by the Ladies' Auxiliary Transport Corps. The Westland County, Council, to which Lieutenant Ashley had been engineer, was represented at the funeral by. Mr. E. M. Campbell, of the Hutt County' Council."[Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 52, 3 March 1941, Page 5]