Sidney Herbert ASHWELL

Regimental number21762
OccupationStock agent
Next of kinMother, Mrs C Ashwell, Temuka, South Canterbury
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 7th Reinforcements to 3rd Battalion, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 62 Mokoia on 21 August 1916
Final rankSergeant
Final unitMachine Gun Corps
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


'New Year's Honours Despatch Period 25th February to 16/17 September 1918.'
Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', 31 December 1918.

FateDied of wounds 2 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialBagneux British Cemetery (Plot V, Row F, Grave No. 2), Gezaincourt, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Cordelia Ashwell, Temuka, South Canterbury
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 38, p. 34