Alfred Charles ELLIOTT MC

ELLIOTT, Alfred Charles

    Service Number: 171
    Enlisted: 29 August 1914
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 11th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Willesden, England, June 1892
    Home Town: Perth, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Teamster
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    World War 1 Service

    29 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 171, 11th Infantry Battalion
    2 Nov 1914: Involvement Private, 171, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
    2 Nov 1914: Embarked Private, 171, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
    5 May 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 11th Infantry Battalion
    11 Jul 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 11th Infantry Battalion
    6 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 171, 11th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, GSW shoulder
    22 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW right eye
    4 Aug 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 11th Infantry Battalion
    11 Sep 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 11th Infantry Battalion
    13 Jan 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 11th Infantry Battalion
    12 Feb 1919: Honoured Military Cross, 'In the operations against the enemy positions at MONT DE MERRIS near STRAZEELE on night 2nd/3rd June, 1918, Lieutenant ELLIOTT commanded the reserve platoon and displayed dash and leadership of a high order. On approaching the enemy's first line of trenches two Machine Guns were holding up the first wave. Grasping the situation immediately Lieutenant ELLIOTT deflected his two left sections and by clever handling got around these machine guns and silenced them, thus allowing the attack to proceed. Later when the O.C., Right Platoon, was killed and the Platoon became disorganised he went forward and collected the scattered men and took them to their objective.' Recommendation date: 9 June 1918

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    Biography contributed by Evan Evans

    Married Nurse Ina Hood, March 1916 in England.  

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