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Military service
Service number:
805794
Age:
36
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
21st Bn.
Birth:
January 16, 1881
London, England
Enlistment:
August 16, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
April 9, 1917
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Spouse of Elizabeth Ashman of Port Hope, Ontario.
Private Ashman first enlisted in August 1914 and was invalided home after two years. After recovering sufficiently, he presented himself to the 136th Battalion mobilized at Port Hope and was taken on strength again. He returned to France with the 21st Battalion and was reported missing after the Battle of Vimy Ridge.
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
British Home Children Roll of Honour
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Circumstances of Death
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Private John Charles Ashman
Digital gallery of
Private John Charles Ashman
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Private John Charles Ashman
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 193 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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