ASTON, Harold James

  1. Service Details
  2. Personal Details
  3. Unit and Rank Details
  4. Notes
  5. Sources

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

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Harold Aston. NAA service file.

Harold Aston. NAA service file.

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