Reported wounded and missing Sept. 25th, 1916. Was last seen by L/Cpl. Hynds now in hosp. in a shell hole with Machine Gun wounds in stomach and leg. This was on the night of Sept. 22nd during the taking of trenches East of Courcelette. A search party on the morning of Sept. 23rd failed to locate him.

War Diary description of circumstances surrounding date that Major Ashplant went missing.