S1427 / S13358 / S1927
ELDER, James
| Service Number: | 4416 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 29 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 14 February 1880 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Hogge College Night School, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Richmond, Adelaide, South Australia, 3 September 1968, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Dec 1915: | Enlisted | |
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| 25 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4416, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4416, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Adelaide | |
| 29 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4416, 27th Infantry Battalion, embarked Alexandria for Marseilles on board HT Tunisian | |
| 29 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4416, 27th Infantry Battalion, WiA 2nd occasion - Passchendaele: Shrapnel Wounds | |
| 31 Jan 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4416, 27th Infantry Battalion, embarked England for Melbourne on board Argyllshire, trans shipped Capetown to HT Osterley – by rail to Adelaide | |
| 9 Jul 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4416, 27th Infantry Battalion, Medically Unfit | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 4416, 27th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private James Elder (Service No:4416) enlisted in the AIF in Adelaide on 29 December 1915, and was attached to 27th Infantry Battalion on 25 March 1916 when he embarked with his Unit from Adelaide for Egypt on board HMAT A9 Shropshire. Embarking from Alexandria for Marseilles on board HT Tunisian on 29 May 1916, Private Elder served with the 27th Infantry Battalion in France and Belgium, and was WiA on two occasions - in 1916 at Pozierres and in 1917 at Passchendael. Private Elder embarked from England bound for Melbourne on 31 January 1918 on board the Argyllshire, and was trans shipped in Capetown to the Osterley. From Melbourne he travelled by train to Adelaide, where he was Discharged on 9 July 1918 (Medically Unfit).
James was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1880, eighth of twelve children of James Edler Snr (b1844 in Suffolk, England) and Mary Ann Thomas (b1850 in the Murray Region of South Australia). James Snr immigrated to Adelaide in 1848, and was a Miner in Kooringa (now known as Burra) South Australia when he and Mary married in 1866 at Kooringa. James and Mary lived in Kooringa, Walkerville, and at Moonta Mines before settling in Adelaide in the late 1870s. James worked for the Land Titles Office and as a Gardener.
James worked as a Miner and in 1904 in Adelaide married his first wife Ellen Mary Nunn (b1885 in Hindmarsh, South Australia). James and Ellen lived at Wallaroo Mines, Loxton and Habel's Landing, where theyr aised their family and James was a Miner. Following Ellen's death in 1911, James was a Farm Labourer (a Widower with three surviving children) in 1916 when he married his second wife in Adelaide - Gertrude Elizabeth Louise Marker (b1886 in Palmerston, Northern Territory). Following his Discharge from the Army, James and Gertrude settled in Adelaide, where they raised their family and James worked as a Labourer and Cleaner. Gertrude died in 1962 and James in 1968.