ELLIOTT, Aubrey Joseph
| Service Number: | 2561 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 11 September 1916, 3.5 years 16th Infantry Militia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Scone, New South Wales, Australia, January 1895 |
| Home Town: | The Junction, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Brick layer (Elliott & Sons, Builders) |
| Died: | Wounds, 46th Casualty Clearing Station, France, 6 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Picquigny British Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cook's Hill Superior Public School , Cooks Hill St John's Honor Roll, Junction Soldier's Memorial |
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a Fallen soldier of The Great War awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
107 years ago today, on the 6th April 1918, Private Aubrey Joseph Elliott, referred to as Joe or Joey or Herb, 34th Battalion (Reg No-2561), bricklayer (Elliott & Sons, Builders), from 7 Kemp Street, The Junction, New South Wales, Died of Wounds at the 46th Casualty Clearing Station, France, First Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, Northern France, age 23 years 3 months.
No Roll of Honour circular summited.
No Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing File.
Born at Scone, New South Wales ? January? 1895 as Aubery J to Thomas Leonard (died 29.10.1945, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 82), from 177 Union Street, The Junction, N.S.W., and Jessie Elliott nee Ball (died 14.8.1935, Newcastle Hospital, N.S.W., age 70, mother of 8), from 177 Union Street, The Junction, N.S.W., Joe enlisted on the 26th August 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board SS Napier on the 17th November 1916.
Wounded in action - 7.6.1917 (GSW right arm, gassed, Battle of Messines), 2.10.1917 (GSW left shoulder), 5.4.1918 (GSW hip & side, severe).
Granted leave to England from 18.2.1918 to 9.3.1918.
Mr. Elliott is resting at Picquigny British Cemetery, France. Row E Grave 1.
Place of Association – Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Joe’s name has been inscribed on the Book of Gold, Cooks Hill Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Cooks Hill St. John's Anglican Church Honor Roll and The Junction Soldiers' Memorial.
Unfortunately, there is no memorial inscription at the Elliott gravesite to tell us of the loss of their son during The Great War, and I am unable to erect a Memorial cross, so I have placed poppies in remembrance of Joe’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. ANGLICAN 2-137. 33.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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