Ernest Royden ELSON

Badge Number: S118, Sub Branch: Cleve
S118

ELSON, Ernest Royden

Service Number: 3746
Enlisted: 15 December 1916, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 50th Infantry Battalion
Born: Minlaton, SA, 3 March 1895
Home Town: Cleve, Cleve, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Natural Causes, 2 August 1987, aged 92 years, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Cleve Cemetery, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Memorials: Cleve WW1 Honor Roll, Minlaton Methodist Sunday School Pictorial Honor Roll
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World War 1 Service

15 Dec 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3746, 50th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA
4 Aug 1917: Involvement Private, 3746, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
4 Aug 1917: Embarked Private, 3746, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
Date unknown: Wounded 3746, 50th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Wilburforce ELSON and Ada Victoria nee MATHEWS of Cleve, SA