John Alphonsus Askwith

John Alphonsus Askwith was a butcher in Redan, <1954-1967>.

History
John Askwith was born on 13 January 1919 in Ballarat, the son of John Alexander Askwith and Gertrude Veronica Gleeson.

He enlisted in Western Australia to serve in World War Two.

He married Doreen Mavis Glasson in Victoria in 1943.

John Askwith bought Cameron's butcher shop at 705 Sebastopol Street, and worked as a butcher for many years. He and his wife Doreen lived at 710 Sebastopol Street. By 1968 they had moved to 1 Almurta Street in Alfredton, his occupation is still given as a butcher.

Askwith died in Geelong on 23 October 1984. He is buried in the Geelong Eastern Cemetery. His wife Doreen, died on 7 June 2019, and was buried with John, EAS-LAWN-I-808-571, MEMORIAL ID	163577194.