ELLIOTT, George
| Service Number: | 1290 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adamstown, New South Wales, Australia, 19 May 1889 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Adamstown Public School, Adamstown, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | GSW chest neck & legs, France, 8 June 1917, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Pont d'Achelles Military Cemetery, France Plot II, Row A, Grave 15, Pont-D'Achelles Military Cemetery, Nieppe, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Adamstown Methodist Church Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cook's Hill Superior Public School , Hope of Adamstown Tent No I.O.R. 76 |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1290, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 13 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1290, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 13 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1290, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
106 years ago today, on the 8th June 1917, Private George Elliott, 36th Battalion (stretcher bearer, Reg No-1290), labourer (Sulphide Works), from 3 Morgan Street, Adamstown, New South Wales, Died of Wounds at the 9th Australian Field Ambulance (GSW chest, neck and both knees), Ploegsteert Wood, Battle of Messines, Belgium, age 28.
Born at Adamstown, New South Wales on the 19th March 1889 to Abraham (Abe, died 3.12.1939, age 78) and Margaret Ann Elliott nee Bullerwell (died 14.3.1925, age 58).
Place of Association – Adamstown, New South Wales, Australia.
Mr. Elliott’s name has been inscribed on the Adamstown Citizens' Memorial, Adamstown Municipal District Roll of Honor, Adamstown Methodist Church Honour Roll, Pride of Adamstown Lodge, Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows Roll of Honour, Adamstown Independent Order of Rechabites, Hope of Adamstown Tent No. 76 Honour Roll, Cooks Hill Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Newcastle Operative Plumbers' Society of N.S.W. Roll of Honour and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. Name not inscribed on the Sulphide Corporation Pty Ltd Cockle Creek Works Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies at the Elliott memorialised gravesite in remembrance of George’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
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Lest We Forget.
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