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ELSON, Ernest Royden
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3746 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
15 Dec 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3746, 50th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Wilburforce ELSON and Ada Victoria nee MATHEWS of Cleve, SA