Sidney Charles ASHTON

Regimental number13283
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinBrother, H Ashton, Whangateau, via Auckland
Rank on embarkationCaptain
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 13th Reinforcements, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 27 May 1916
Final rankCaptain
Final unitAuckland Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateKilled in Action 31 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records44
Place of burialBeersheba War Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 8), Palestine
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas Felix and Emma Ashton, Warkworth, Auckland. Native of London, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Palestine

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 33, p. 2

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