About Joe Ashdown
Lived 1922 – 1982 (aged 59). Joe Ashdown was an australian rules football player.
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).
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.
Death He died at Amstel golf course Cranbourne, Victoria on 29 August 1982.
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Who was Joe Ashdown?
Australian rules footballer (1922–1982)
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Joe Ashdown was born on 30 December 1922 in Toorak.
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Joe Ashdown died on 29 August 1982 in Cranbourne.
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Joe Ashdown was an australian rules football player.
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