Abraham Jacob ELSON

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ELSON, Abraham Jacob

Service Number:	4492
Enlisted:	9 November 1914, Senior Cadets and 91st Infantry
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sprent, Tasmania, Australia, June 1897
Home Town:	Ulverstone, Tasmania
Schooling:	Ulverstone State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium , 19 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Ulverstone Primary School War Memorial, Ulverstone Shrine of Remembrance

World War 1 Service

9 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4492, 12th Infantry Battalion, Senior Cadets and 91st Infantry
8 Feb 1916:	Involvement Private, 4492, 12th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
8 Feb 1916:	Embarked Private, 4492, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Melbourne
21 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion
4 Sep 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4492, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, GSWs head, neck and left forearm
20 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 52nd Infantry Battalion
19 Oct 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 4492, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4492 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-19

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From 52nd Battalion AIF

Abraham ELSON was only 18 when he enlisted in November 1915. He was with the 14th Reinforcements to the 12th Bn that disembarked at in March 1916. Then transferred to the 52nd Bn on 19 April. He proceeded to France and disembarked at Marseilles on 12 June 1916. He was wounded in action at Mouquet Farm with gunshot wounds to the neck and arm, which saw him evacuated to England. He finally rejoined the 52nd on 17 January 1917. Appointed Lance Corporal, 22 September 1917. It is likely he was killed by the intense shellfire at Broodseinde Ridge on 19 October.

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