ELIASSON, Carl Alfred
| Service Number: | 16402 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 4th Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | North Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | State School, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Telegraphist |
| Died: | “Gassed” (suffocation shell gas poison) & Pneumonia. , The Beaufort War Hospital, Bristol, England, 25 October 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Bristol (Arnos Vale) Cemetery, Gloucestershire, England His name is remembered on the CWGC Screen Wall & he has a flat Memorial Stone. Cemetery/Memorial reference Screen Wall 7.713. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle 849 Memorial, North Fremantle Cenotaph, Postmaster General's Department Perth WWI HR, West Leederville War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Dec 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 16402, 4th Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Dec 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 16402, 4th Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Persic, Fremantle | |
| 25 Oct 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 16402, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 16402 awm_unit: 4th Australian Division Signals Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1918-10-25 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Carl Alfred Eliasson was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1894 to parents John Alfred & Anna Christina Eliasson (nee Magnusson).
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 28th May, 1916 as a 23 year old, single, Telegraphist from North Fremantle, Western Australia.
Sapper Carl Alfred Eliasson, Service number 16402, embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia on HMAT Persic (A34) on 29th December, 1916 with the 4th Divisional Signal Company Engineers – 8th Reinforcements & disembarked at Devonport, England on 3rd March, 1917.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
On 4th March, 1917 Sapper Eliasson was marched in to Australian Details 6 & 7 Camps at Perham Downs, Wiltshire from Australia. He was marched out to Shefford on 9th March, 1917.
He proceeded overseas to France on 14th May, 1917 & was marched in to R.E. (Royal Engineers) Depot at Abbeville on 16th May, 1917.
Sapper Eliasson was marched out to 4th Divisional Signals from R.E. Depot on 5th June, 1917. He was taken on strength of 4th Divisional Signal Company in Belgium on 7th June, 1917.
He was on leave to United Kingdom from 7th March, 1918 & rejoined his Unit from leave on 21st March, 1918.
Sapper Carl Alfred Eliasson was wounded in action (gassed) on 17th October, 1918. He was admitted to 3rd Stationary Hospital at Rouen, France on 18th October, 1918 with Gas Shell. Sapper Eliasson was transferred to England on 19th October, 1918.
On 20th October, 1918 Sapper Eliasson was admitted to The Beaufort War Hospital, Bristol, England. He was reported as dangerously ill.
Sapper Carl Alfred Eliasson died from wounds (effects of gas classed as wounded) at 1.45 pm on 25th October, 1918 at The Beaufort War Hospital, Bristol, England. His cause of death was also listed as “Gassed” (suffocation shell gas poison) & Pneumonia.
He was buried on 31st October, 1918 in Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. His name is remembered on the CWGC Screen Wall & he has a flat Memorial Stone. Cemetery/Memorial reference Screen Wall 7.713.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/arnos-vale.html
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