Walter Vivian ELLIOTT

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ELLIOTT, Walter Vivian

Service Number:	1894
Enlisted:	16 June 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Empire Vale, Ballina, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 28 November 1915
Cemetery:	Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli G 5,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Casino and District Memorial Hospital WW1 Roll of Honour, Empire Vale Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

16 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1894, 26th Infantry Battalion
16 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 1894, 26th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 1894, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

At the Methodist Church, Brisbane, on Saturday, August 14, the marriage was celebrated of Private Walter V. Elliott and Amelia Lily Beatrice McDougall. The ceremony was very quiet, as an Monday the bridegroom had to leave for the front.

Biography contributed by Evan Evans

Courtesy of Jay D'Souza

Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser (NSW), Friday 31 December 1915, page 5
War Notes.

Pte. Elliott, of Casino, who has been killed at the front, leaves a widow. He had not long been married.
Northern Star (Lismore, NSW), Monday 24 January 1916, page 8

WARDELL RED CROSS.
The usual meeting of the Wardell branch of the Red Cross Society was held in the Victoria Hall on Saturday afternoon. Mrs. P. J. Meaney occupied the chair,, and there was a fair roll up of members. Before the business of the meeting was proceeded with, the president moved a vote of condolence to Mr. and Mrs. Elliott in the loss of their son, Pte. Walter Elliott, who was killed in action. The motion was carried in silence, all standing. The secretary was instructed to write and convey the sympathy of the Society.

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