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ELSTON, Frederick William
| Service Number: | 92 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | 1894, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Memorials: | Norwood Primary School Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 92, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 92, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
Son of Anne Elston, Frederick Williams Elston, born around July 1885 and grew up on Hawker’s Road Medindie, South Australia. Frederick was a single man before the war, at 27 years of age and was working as a station Hand. Frederick was a 5 foot 4 56 kilo man with grey eyes and black hair. He grew up with two brothers that also fought in WW1, their names are john Claude Elston and Victor Charles Elston. He lived on Childers Street in North Adelaide.
He enlisted on the 2nd of February 1915 and shortly after joined the 25th Battalion A Company. The 25th battalion trained in Ennoggera a suburb of Brisbane in early 1915 for a few months with a few other battalions as they formed the 7th Brigade 2nd Division. He first Embarked from Brisbane Queensland on board the HMAT A60 Aeneas on the 29th of June 1915 heading towards the Middle East. They arrived in Egypt to start their trainings travel and land at Gallipoli in early September.
Frederick went AWOL during the war he was faced with court martial and was sentenced for 10 months of detention. Frederick suffered a severe injury during war he took a gunshot wound and was majorly injured on impact. Frederick returned back from war 20th of June 1919, after the war he was given three different medals; the 1914/15 star medal the British Army Medal and the Victory Medal