Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Date of Enlistment
- 30/12/1941
- Date of Discharge
- 11/01/1946
- Place of Enlistment
- Paddington NSW
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Other Name(s)
- Known as 'Bill'
- Date of Birth
- 23/07/1922
- Place of Birth
- Queanbeyan NSW
- Address (at enlistment)
- Causeway, Kingston ACT
- School(s) Attended
- Molonglo School (Fyshwick)
- Occupation
- Labourer
- Next of Kin
- Harold Aston (father), Causeway, Kingston ACT
Unit and Rank Details
- Service Number
- NX81051
- Final Rank
- Signalman
- Final Unit
- 4 Australian Line Maintenance Section
Notes
Aston served in Borneo from June 1945 to December 1945 as a signalman with 4 Line Maintenance Section. He married in 1944 and lived in Toowoomba, Queensland after the war. He died there in August 1993.
Sources
WWII Nominal Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
ACT Electoral Rolls 1916 to 1967 http://canberraheritageportal.org/default.php
Alan Foskett, 'The Molonglo Mystery', 2006
NAA RecordSearch - Series B883
The Canberra Times - 27 November 1934, 6 September 1993