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ELLIOTT, Herbert Spencer
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 3302A, 3302 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
31 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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