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• Edmond Arthur Ashdown †

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Born: 31 January 1881

Died: 11 April 1917

Killed by shell fire at the First Battle of Bullecourt.  [JSB]

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Names recorded

• Ashdown, Edmond Arthur
• Edmond Arthur Ashdown

Service number

• Service number 1819

Rank

• Held rank of Private

Birth records

• Born in Mackay, QLD, Australia
• 31 January 1881 in Mackay, QLD, Australia

Death records

• Died on service
• 11 April 1917
• 11 April 1917 in Bullecourt, Pas-de-Calais, France

Life event

• Enlisted at Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia

Address

• 40 Cabramatta Road, Mosman, NSW, Australia

Relationships

• Mother - Ashdown, Florence Eleanor
• Mother - Florence Eleanor Alterieth
• Father - Edward Parker Ashdown
• Sibling - Cecil Parker Ashdown †
• Sibling - Maud Ashdown
• Brother - Clive Ashdown
• Brother - Ernest Ewen Ashdown

Organisations

• Member Of – 13th Battalion, AIF
• 13th Battalion, AIF

Main sources

• 1819 Private Edmond Arthur Ashdown, 13th Battalion (photograph)
• Find War Dead – Ashdown, Edmond Arthur (webpage)
• Ashdown Edmond Arthur : SERN 1819 : POB Mackay QLD : POE Liverpool NSW : NOK M Ashdown Florence Eleanor (item)
• Discovering Anzacs - Edmond Arthur Ashdown (webpage)
• Roll of Honour - Edmond Arthur Ashdown (website)
• Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Files: Edmond Arthur Ashdown (webpage)

Commemorations

• ASHDOWN E. A. on the West Face of the Mosman War Memorial
• Ashdown, E A on the St Clement's World War 1 Roll of Honour