Service Details
Name:
 ASHDOWN
Given Name:
 EDWARD JAMES
Initials:
 E J
Service No:
 3053
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 2nd Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1918-01-25
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Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, gunshot wound to the abdomen.
Additional
Information:
Son of James John and Matilda Margaret Ashdown. Brother of Alfred Walter Ashdown, of 456 Point Road, Durban. A clerk.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 IV. D. 3.

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