ELLIOTT, Cyril
| Service Number: | 3142 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cowra, New South Wales, Australia, 10 May 1893 |
| Home Town: | Yass, Yass Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Locomotive Fireman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 5 October 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goulburn District Railway Employees Great War Honour Roll, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Yass & District WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 3142, 55th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 3142, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 5 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 3142, 35th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3142 awm_unit: 35th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-05 |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Cyril ELLIOTT, (Service Number 3142) was born on 10 May 1893 at Cowra. He began working for the NSW Railways as a cleaner at Harden Locomotive Depot in October 1913 and within a year had progressed to fireman and was working out of Goulburn. It was from that position that he was given leave to join the Expeditionary Forces on 4 October 1916. He had enlisted at Goulburn a few days before. He was not married.
He left Australia through Sydney aboard HMAT ‘Suevic’ on 11 November 1916.\
He was killed in action in Belgium on 5 October 1917.
Submitted 27 June 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Cyril ELLIOTT (Service Number 3142) was born on 10th May 1893 at Cowra. He began working for the NSW Railways as a cleaner at Harden Locomotive Depot in October 1913. Within a year hehad progressed to fireman and was working out of Goulburn. It was from that position that he was given leave to join the Expeditionary Forces on 4th October 1916. He had enlisted at Goulburn a few days before. He was not married.
He left Australia from Sydney aboard HMAT ‘Suevic’ on 11th November 1916. He reached Devonport, UK, on 30th January 1917. He was taken on the strength of the 55th Battalion at Windmill Hill in April. He went to France in August. He reached the front on 31st August. He was taken on the strength of the 35th Battalion on 1st September.
He was killed in action in Belgium on 5th October 1917. He was buried 1 mile W. of Zennebeke village. However, as this location has been lost and he has no known grave, his name is recorded on the Menin Gate Memorial at Ypres.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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