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Ernest Sydney ASKEW

Regimental number1639
Place of birthCooktown, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDriver
AddressTerrace Street, New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs Rosina Askew, Terrace Street, New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date22 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit name301st (Mechanical Transport), 8th Company, Army Service Corps (17th Divisional Ammunition Park)
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/98/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Name does not appear on Nominal Roll
Date of death9 October 1917
Age at death28.6
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialToowong Cemetery (Portion Church of England, Plot O.1, Grave No. 353), Brisbane, Queensland
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
181
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: S and Rosina ASHEN (AS SPELT). Native of Cooktown, Queensland

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