b. November 10, 1901. MBBS (Edin.) 1924; DTM (Liverp.) 1924. Medical Missionary, LMSoc. Hong Kong nlt.1926. Registered to practice Hong Kong April 16, 1926 through EOP. Private hospital, Alice Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals 1926-EOP. Midwives Board (vice Annie Sydenham, resigned) April 24, 1930 - January 29, 1932; (vice Annie Sydenham) May 19, 1936 - EOP. Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, interned 1941-45. Repatriation 1945, Melbourne. Returned to Hong Kong to practice [n.d.]. Left Hong Kong 1964. Honor: OBE January 1, 1958.
m. Elizabeth Heyer Paton December 22, 1941, Hong Kong [1], b. March 2, 1918, Geelong - d. April 24, 1998, Melbourne; d/o Rev. Francis Hume Lyall Paton and Clara Sophia Heyer; si/o George Whitecross Paton, Kt., Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne; Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, interned 1941-45. [s.p.].
[1] Ashton married Elizabeth Heyer three days before Hong Kong fell to the Japanese.
Selected bibliography: The Argus (Melbourne), October 24, 1945, p.2, Personal. The Hong Kong Government Gazette, April 16, 1926, Notice #200; April 25, 1930, Appt. #249; January 29, 1932, Appt. #60; May 22, 1936, Appt. #463; May 9, 1941, Notice #558. The Paton Family Tree [internet]. Supplement to the London Gazette, January 1, 1958.
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