Ashton N Cpl 24323 New Zealand Expeditionary Force
ASHTON, NORMAN, Corpl., No. 24323, 16th Platoon, 16th Waikato, 2nd Auckland Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, s. of Thomas Atherton Ashton, of Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand, by his wife, Elizabeth Eleanor, dau. of Thomas Pearson, of Pendleton, Manchester; b. Pendleton aforesaid, 12 June, 1881; educ. Point Chevalier Public School, and Prince Albert College, Auckland; was in business as an Indent Agent; joined the 17th Reinforcement 4 April, 1916; left for England 23 Sept.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 21 Dec. 1916, and was killed in action at Passchendaele 4 Oct. 1917. Buried at the foot of the Ridge. He m. at Mount Albert, Auckland, Methodist Church, 17 Nov. 1915, Grace Florence (Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand), dau. of Samuel Edward Shrimpton, of Streatham, London, S.W., and had a son, Desmond Norman, b. 5 Oct. 1916.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5