Joe Ashdown Explained

Joe Ashdown
Fullname:	Joseph Charles Ashdown
Birth Date:	30 December 1922
Birth Place:	Toorak, Victoria
Death Place:	Cranbourne, Victoria
Originalteam:	Glen Iris
Height:	180 cm
Weight:	80 kg
Statsend:	1946
Years1:	1946
Games Goals1:	1 (0)

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

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

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

He died at Amstel golf course Cranbourne, Victoria on 29 August 1982.^[3]

References

• Book: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria.
• 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

• Joseph Ashdown at Demonwiki.
  • • Joe Ashdown at The VFA Project.

Notes and References

1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.29.
2. Nominal Roll.
3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3SRVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=n5QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5659%2C6607172 Deaths: Ashdown, The Age, (Tuesday, 31 August, 1982), p.32.