Herbert Spencer ELLIOTT

ELLIOTT, Herbert Spencer

Service Numbers: 3302A, 3302
Enlisted: 31 May 1915
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 4th Divisional Ammunition Column
Born: Riverton, South Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Riverton, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia
Schooling: Riverton Public School, South Australia
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 22 September 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Riverton & District War Memorial Pool Memorial and Flagpole, Riverton Holy Trinity Anglican Church Honour Roll WW1, Riverton Pictorial Honour Board, Riverton RSL Hall Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

31 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
27 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 3302A, 10th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 3302A, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide
22 Sep 1917: Involvement Gunner, 3302, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3302 awm_unit: 4th Australian Divisional Ammunition Column awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-09-22

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

He was promoted throught the ranks to Sergeant Major but reverted at his own request to Gunner shortly before he was killed