ELLIOTT, Richard John
| Service Number: | 3376 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Swansea Wales, 11 August 1878 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Perth Western Australia, 12 September 1922, aged 44 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Baptist, AA, 0025 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3376, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3376, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle |
Richard John Elliott from the Mount Lawley Society
Richard John Elliott was born in Swansea Wales on the 11th August 1878 to Parents John Elliott( 1852-1910) and Mary Merrifield Mitchell ( 1852-1930). Richard was the fourth eldest of 15 siblings born between 1874 and 1897. The family moved to Perth Australia around 1885.
In 1907 Richard married Mary Ellen Keating (1874-1962) and they had 2 sons Francis Mitchell Elliott (1909-1972) and Raymond Richard Elliott ( 1911-2009).
The family was living at 54 Clarence St in 1910.
Richard worked as a Labourer and joined the forces on the 9th of January 1917.
He sailed out of Fremantle at the end of January arriving in Devonport 2 months later. He joined the 51st Battalion for training at Codford, England.
He left for France in July 1917, but in September was returned and admitted to the Birmingham War Hospital hospital with Influenza.
From January 1918, he readmitted a few times with influenzas and pyrexia until in November 1918 when he was promoted as Temporary Corporal on Permanent Cadre of Training No 2 C at Tidworth England.
He returned to Australia in May 1919 and was discharged 2 months later. He returned to live in Clarence St with his wife and 2 sons.
He died on the 12th September 1922. He is buried at Karrakatta Cemetery.
Submitted 17 February 2024 by beth McKechnie