BiographyCharles Asher-Smith enlisted on 11 December 1916 and was killed in action.
His younger brother George Asher-Smith had enlisted and was due to leave for France when the armistice was signed.Age20Date of Death9 October 1917Civil employmentStudentEducatedFort Street High School, NSWRelationshipsSon of Alexander Asher-Smith and Elsie Asher-Smith of "Alvah", Burns Road, Wahroonga. (The surname is sometimes not hyphenated.)
Troops at Passchendaele
Service Information
Service number6653RankPrivateRegiment20th Battalion, AIFPlace of enlistmentSydney, NSWPlace of embarkmentSydney, NSWDate of embarkment7 February 1917Place of deathPasschendaeleBattlePasschendaeleMemorial/Cemetery Menin Gate Cemetery, Ypres, BelgiumWahroonga War MemorialMemorial NotesAlso commemorated on the Honour Roll of Warrawee Public School, where he was educated, and St John's Presbyterian (now Uniting) Church, Wahroonga.KeywordsFirst World WarWahroongaWW1
Charles Donaldson Asher-Smith. Hornsby Shire, accessed 19/03/2026, https://hornsbyshire.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/383