ELIOTT, Alfred Gordon John
| Service Number: | 1625 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 April 1915, 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Alberton, South Australia, May 1897 |
| Home Town: | Wallaroo, Copper Coast, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Paint Expert |
| Died: | 10 November 1942, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 28 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1625, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1625, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1625, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 6 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1625, 27th Infantry Battalion, Returned to Australia |
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Alfred John Gordon Eliott
Alfred John Gordon Eliott was born in approximately May 1897 in Alberton, South Australia, Australia. He was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. J.A Eliott, of Selly Oak, Birmingham. He was an expert in paint and had 2 years of senior cadets military training on his record before enlisting to serve in WW1 . He was 5”7 in height and weighing 142lbs with a fair complexion, blue eyes and brown hair. Eliott was a Methodist and his marital status was single.
At the time Eliott enlisted, he was 18 years and 11 months old. He enlisted for the army on the 28th of April 1915 in Keswick, South Australia. His father wrote a letter saying that he would be willing to give permission for his son to join the Expeditionary Force.
The unit embarked from Adelaide on board the HMAT A2 Geelong on the 31st of May 1915. Regiment number 1625. He was part of the 27th Australian Infantry Battalion which reinforced the Australian and New Zealand Division at Gallipoli. Eliott was part of the 7th Brigade which included the 27th Battalion. The Battalion Finally left Australia and after two months of training in Egypt, landed in Gallipoli on the 12th of September 1915. They only suffered some light casualties and departed the peninsula in December. After some time back in Egypt, the 7th Brigade was moved to France. The 27th Battalion entered front trenches for the first time on April 7th, 1916 and participated in the first major battle from July 28th to August 5th.
Elliot spent most of 1917 with training units but he re-joined the Battalion in Belgium on December 3rd, 1917. From the 18th of March 1918 Eliott proceeds on an English leave. He re-joins on the 6th of April a month later. Eliott returns to fight in France and is sent to hospital three times through a seven month period. Throughout Eliott was transferred several times from France to England.
Eliott finally returned back to Australia on January 1st, 1919. He was discharged back at Keswick, South Australia. Whilst travelling from Glenelg back to Adelaide, he writes a letter to ask for a copy of his discharge from Base Records Melbourne as he loses it on the way. He dies in 1942, the cause of which is unknown. He served for a total of 4 years and 11 days. His service abroad consisted of 3 years and 288 days. Alfred John Gordon Eliott received the 1914/15 Star Medal, British War Medal and the Victory Medal.