Gunner

Ralph Atherton Ashton

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of William Vernon and Edith Emily Ashton, of Henderson, Auckland.

References:
  • CWGC
Relatives Who Are Also Casualties:
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"As a result of a motor-cycle he was riding colliding with a motor-car at Orewa on Saturday, a soldier, Private Ralph Ashton, Whangaparaoa, received injuries from which he died in hospital. "

[Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 64, 17 March 1941, Page 4]

 

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
1/15/1120
Name:
Ralph Atherton Ashton
Rank: 
Gunner
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mr W. V. Ashton, Henderson, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
New Zealand Artillery

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Motor Vehicle Accident
Date of Death:
16 March 1941
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
19
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Wes. Area C, Row 32, Grave 26.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
Ralph Atherton Ashton
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