Joseph MCELLIGOTT MiD

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Service Numbers:	31, Commissioned Officer
Enlisted:	14 August 1914
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
Born:	Bundaberg, Queensland , 7 January 1892
Home Town:	Millaa Millaa, Tablelands, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Telegraph Operator
Died:	Natural Causes , Rockhampton, Queensland , 18 August 1964, aged 72 years
Cemetery:	North Rockhampton Cemetery, Qld RC Section E, Row C, Grave No 3. "CANNOT COMPLETE HISTORY, because of AN&MEF added?"
Memorials:	Townsville Railway Station Roll of Honour

14 Aug 1914:	Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
29 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 31, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland.
2 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 31, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
29 Aug 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, 5th Light Horse Regiment
22 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, 11th Light Horse Regiment
23 Feb 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 31, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations
6 Jul 1917:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', Supplement No. 30169 (6 July 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette No. 174 (11 October 1917).
9 May 1918:	Imprisoned Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations
23 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, Australian Flying Corps (AFC)

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