Thomas Ashford

1886-1916

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.3

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1401

About

Born in England

6 August 1886
Parent

Mother

T. Ashford
Live

Hometown

Gisborne
Work

Occupation

Labourer

Employer

T. Hall & Sons
Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 29

2 July 1916

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5520 31/0009531, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 4.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Thomas Ashford (1886-1916)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/16