ELLIOTT, Russell Stanley
| Service Number: | 183 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 March 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Nyngan, NSW, April 1896 |
| Home Town: | Cobar, Cobar, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mason |
| Died: | Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, NSW, 9 May 1952, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 15 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 183, 20th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 183, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 183, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Charles William and Emily May ELLIOTT
Of Brough Street, Cobar, NSW
Military Cross
'In the attack near Raincourt on the11th August 1918, his company commander was killed. On reaching the objective, the enemy delivered a strong local counter attack, and some of his men having lost direction in the mist, he had few at his disposal. Under heavy fire he collected others from another unit, beating off the attack with heavy casualties, and thus gallantly counter attacked at the head of his men, capturing a machine gun and taking prisoners.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 67
Date: 3 June 1919
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