John Winston ELLIOTT DCM

John Winston ELLIOTT DCM Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

Service Number:	3804
Enlisted:	11 January 1915, 4.5 years experience in ASA artillery
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 8 November 1893
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Natural causes, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, 20 December 1968, aged 75 years
Cemetery:	Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane
Memorials:	Hobart Roll of Honour

11 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 3804, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , 4.5 years experience in ASA artillery
19 Feb 1915:	Embarked Gunner, 3804, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Runic, Melbourne
19 Feb 1915:	Involvement Gunner, 3804, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
24 Feb 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
6 Jul 1916:	Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, ANZAC / Gallipoli, 7th November 1915 Gunner Elliott was key to saving an 18 pounder ammunitions store from a brush fire
30 Nov 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
20 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 3804, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade

Help us honour John Winston Elliott's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.