Profile

ASHWELL, William Roland
(Service number 50463)

Aliases
First Rank	Gunner	Last Rank

Birth

Date	07/01/1896	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date	26 March 1917	Age	21
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Banker (BNZ)
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Joseph Ashwell (father), Temuka
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	29th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Date	13 August 1917
Transport	HMNZT 91 Mokoia
Embarked From		Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Resumed career with BNZ at Ohakune branch on 4 March 1920. Resigned on 30 November 1920

Death

Date	1941	Age
Place of Death	Christchurch, New Zealand
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of Joseph and Cordelia (nee Green) Ashwell.

Joined Bank of New Zealand 6 January 1913 and on staff of Temuka branch at time of enlistment

Two of William's brother, Leslie and Sidney also served in World War One. Sidsney died of wounds on 2 September 1918, while Leslie reportedly returned home with terrible wounds to his back.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [10 January 2019]; SCRollw eb submission by S Sinclair, 4 January 2019

External Links

Researched and Written by

Tony Rippin, South Canterbury Museum

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Not assigned.

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