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ELSTON, Victor Charles
| Service Number: | 4769 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | St Peters, South Australia, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Head storeman |
| Died: | 6 August 1966, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Cremated 9/8/1966 |
| Memorials: | Norwood Primary School Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4769, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4769, 10th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 4769, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
Brother of Claude John Elston and Frederick William Elston. Victor Elston Charles was a man born in St Peter’s, South Australia. He was a 27-year-old head store man and lived with his family in North Adelaide on Childers Street. Victor was single, he was 5 foot 5 inches, weighed 126 pounds when he enlisted, had hazel eyes and dark hair. His mother’s name was Mrs. A Elston.
Victor Elston Charles, enlisted to the army with his brother Claude on the 1st of November 1915. He was enlisted as a Private and his service number was 4769. The unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board RMS Mongolia on the 9th of March 1916.
Victor Elston Charles fought in the western front with the 10th Battalion and 15th Reinforcement. The 10th Battalion was nicknamed the “Adelaide Rifles”. His brother, Claude John Elston fought with him in the 10th Battalion for a small period of time before he was transferred to the 50th Infantry Battalion. Whereas his other brother Frederick William Elston, fought in the battle of Gallipoli and joined the military way before Victor. He was in the 25th Battalion.
He had gastritis (mild) and was admitted to the 3rd Aux Hospital on the 17th of May 1916. Victor was admitted to 1st Western General Hospital on the 26th of August 1916 and then transferred to the 2nd Aux Hospital. A lot of his time during the war was spent in the hospital but on the 7th of November 1917 he was released from hospital and went back to the 10th Infantry Battalion.
By the end of the war, he was promoted to a 2nd Corporal. His fate was, effective abroad (still overseas) which means that he most likely stayed in the military after the war. He came back to Australia on the 1st of November 1919 which was exactly a year after World War 1 ended and 4 years after he enlisted.
Victor Elston Charles earned two medals from his service in the war. The British War Medal and the Victory Medal. He has a memorial on the Norwood Primary School Honor Board and the Centennial Park Cemetery.
His spouse was Jean Elston. No information is known about her or when they got married. Although it is very likely that they got married after his military service because enlistment info states that he was single.
He passed away on the 6th of August 1966 and was cremated 3 days later. His last abode was in Henley Beach.