Lieutenant Colonel Charles Frederick Assheton

Service number	NX3797, NX379
Birth Date	1901-09-21
Birth Place	Australia: Western Australia, Kalgoorlie
Death Date	1942-02-09
Death Place	Malaya
Final Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Service	Australian Army
Unit	2/20th Australian Infantry Battalion
Places	Kalgoorlie Malaya
Conflicts/Operations	Second World War, 1939-1945 Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes	Published in London Gazette in 1946-08-01 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1946-09-12

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Date of birth	21 September 1901	Kalgoorlie, WA.
Date commissioned	03 December 1927
Other units	03 December 1927	Lieutenant, 9th Field Company Royal Australian Engineers.
Other units	16 November 1928	6th Light Horse Regiment.
Other units	27 September 1932	7th Light Horse Regiment.
Other units	02 January 1934	33/41th Battalion.
Date promoted	12 March 1935	Appointed captain.
Date promoted	06 April 1939	Appointed major.
Other	28 October 1939	Course No 12 Commanding Officers (Sydney).
Other units	1939-12-16 - 1940-05-01	Temporary lieutenant colonel, commanding officer 33rd Battalion.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	18 March 1940	Enlisted 2nd AIF.
Other units	01 May 1940	Seconded as a major 2/13th Battalion.
Other units	15 July 1940	2nd in Command 2/18th Battalion.
Other	18 February 1941	Arrived Sinapore.
Other units	1941-08-04 - 1942-02-09	Acting lieutenant colonel and commanding officer 2/20th Battalion.
Date promoted	14 November 1941	Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Date of death	09 February 1942	Died of wounds in Malaya.