ELLIOTT, Walter
| Service Number: | 33 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Maryborough, Victoria, Australia, February 1882 |
| Home Town: | Maryborough, Central Goldfields, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 13 June 1949, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 16 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 33, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 33, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 33, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 30 Jul 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 22nd Infantry Battalion, ACpl 2/7/1916 TSgt 30/7/1916 | |
| 26 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 33, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , SW right foot 4/9/1916 right foot amputated |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gallipoli, 1915
Pte. Walter Elliott, 22nd Battalion Australian Infantry, wrote home on 18th October 1915.
“I do all the burying for the 22nd… The first man I buried was a namesake of mine, Private Elliott [1] of South Australia. All the graves are nicely looked after and they have crosses placed on them, One never knows when it is his turn, all the time there are bullets, and shrapnel flying all roads, You have to be very good at sidestepping to dodge them. I would advise you not to send any parcels, they don't arrive half the time, its only a fluke if you get them. The papers come all right, I give them after I read them, to one of the Dalys from Avoca. it is very cold over here now, but we get plenty of clothes and food. I have a small dug-out on the side of a hill which overlooks the sea, I am writing in it now as it is raining.”
'Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser' (Victoria), 13th December 1915.
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