Joe Ashdown
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| Joe Ashdown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Joseph Charles Ashdown | ||
| Born |
30 December 1922 Toorak, Victoria | ||
| Died |
29 August 1982 (aged 59) Cranbourne, Victoria | ||
| Original team | Glen Iris | ||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1946 | St Kilda | 1 (0) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Joseph Charles Ashdown (30 December 1922 – 29 August 1982) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family
[edit | edit source]The son of Joseph Henry Ashdown (1891-1969), and Rebecca Ashdown (1886-1966), née Wakeling, Joseph Charles Ashdown was born at Toorak, Victoria on 30 December 1922.
He married Noreen Alice Kennedy in 1945. Together they had two children, a son Wayne Joseph Ashdown born 31 January 1951 and Janus Ashdown.
Military service
[edit | edit source]Ashdown served as a leading aircraftman in the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War from December 1941 until April 1946.[2]
Death
[edit | edit source]He died at Amstel golf course Cranbourne, Victoria on 29 August 1982.[3]
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.29.
- ^ Nominal Roll.
- ^ Deaths: Ashdown, The Age, (Tuesday, 31 August, 1982), p.32.
References
[edit | edit source]- Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Sportsmen All, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 27 June 1942), p.3.
- World War Two Nominal Roll: Leading Aircraftman Joseph Charles Ashdown (49492), Department of Veteran's Affairs.
- A9301, 49492: World War Two Service Record: Leading Aircraftman Joseph Charles Ashdown (49492), National Archives of Australia.
- E. Henfry Awaits W A Decision, The Argus, (Thursday, 27 June 1946), p.13.
- South hang on to Chambers: Wanted by VFA, The Argus, (Friday, 30 May 1947), p.12.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Joseph Ashdown at Demonwiki.
- Joe Ashdown's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Joe Ashdown at AustralianFootball.com
- Joe Ashdown at The VFA Project.
Categories:
- 1922 births
- 1982 deaths
- Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
- St Kilda Football Club players
- Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II
- Royal Australian Air Force airmen
- People from Toorak, Victoria
- Military personnel from Melbourne
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
- Australian rules football biography, 1920s birth stubs