Topic: AIF - NZMRB - AMR
AMR, NZEF
Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment
Roll of Honour
Sidney Charles Ashton
A brief biography of Robert Thompson Miller extracted from the Cenotaph Database hosted by the Auckland Museum.
| Full Name: | Captain Sidney Charles Ashton | |
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| Rank Last Held: | Captain | |
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| Forename(s): | Sidney Charles | |
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| Surname: | Ashton | |
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| War: | World War I, 1914-1918 | |
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| Serial No.: | 13283 | |
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| First Known Rank: | Captain | |
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| Occupation before Enlistment: | Farmer | |
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| Next of Kin: | H. Ashton (brother), Whangateau, via Auckland, New Zealand | |
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| Body on Embarkation: | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | |
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| Embarkation Unit: | New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade | |
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| Embarkation Date: | 27 May 1916 | |
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| Place of Embarkation: | Wellington, New Zealand | |
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| Vessel: | Willochra or Tofua | |
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| Destination: | Plymouth or Devonport, England | |
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| Nominal Roll Number: | 33 | |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: | 2 | |
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| Last Unit Served: |
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| Place of Death: | Palestine | |
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| Date of Death: | 31 October 1917 | |
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| Age at Death: | 44 | |
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| Year of Death: | 1917 | |
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| Cause of Death: | Killed in action | |
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| Cemetery Name: | Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel | |
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| Grave Reference: | D.8. | |
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| Obituary: | "Captain Sidney Ashton, Auckland Mounted Rifles, who has been killed in action at Beersheba, was a farmer near Tauranga before going to the front. He was in the second fight at Gaza, and latterly was second in command of the fourth squadron of the Auckland Mounted Rifles. He was about 46 years of age." (Auckland Weekly News, 15 November 1917, p. 21) | |
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| Description of Image: | Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 | |
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| Further References: |
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| Sources Used: | Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1917 | |
Further Reading:
Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment
Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment, Roll of Honour
The Battle of Beersheba, Palestine, 31 October 1917
Citation: Auckland Mounted Rifles, Roll of Honour, Sidney Charles Ashton
Posted by Project Leader
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Updated: Wednesday, 7 October 2009 4:33 PM EADT
