Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War II (1939-1945)

Date of Enlistment

09/01/1943

Date of Discharge

01/02/1946

Place of Enlistment

Vaucluse NSW

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

31/08/1921

Place of Birth

Harden NSW

Address (at enlistment)

Gungahlin ACT

School(s) Attended

Ainslie Primary School

Next of Kin

Edna Ashworth (mother), Gungahlin ACT

Service Number

NX146960

Final Rank

Corporal

Final Unit

U Australian Heavy Battery (AIF)

Honour Roll in 'The Beacon', the Magazine of Ainslie School, 1943

Ashworth served in World War 2 with U Heavy Battery at Torokina on Bougainville Island during 1945. He died on 30 June 1978 and is buried in the ex-service's section of Woden Cemetery. The AWM image is a group photo of C and D subsections, U Heavy Battery taken in October 1945.

DVA nominal roll - WW2
ACT Electoral Rolls
Canberra Public Cemeteries website
AWM Collections Record - 098058
The Canberra Times - 27 November 1934