ELWELL, Charles Bingham
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 1 October 1912 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Commander |
| Last Unit: | Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force |
| Born: | St Cuthberts, England, 13 September 1882 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | King's College, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Naval Officer |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Rabaul, New Britain, Pacific Islands, 11 September 1914, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Burial Reference ~ Section A, Plot A, Row A, Grave 11. |
| Memorials: | Crib Point RAN WW1 Roll of Honour (Panel 1) |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Oct 1912: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Officer, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force |
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World War 2 Service
| 1 Oct 1912: | Enlisted |
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World War 1 Service
| 11 Sep 1914: | Involvement British Forces (All Conflicts), Lieutenant Commander, Officer |
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The Late Lieutenant-Commander Elwell
"Lieutenant-Commander Charles Bingham Elwell was a son of the late Mr. P. B. Elwell, formerly electrical engineer to tho New South Wales Railway and Tramway Department. The deceased officer was lent to the Royal Australian Navy by the Imperial authorities, and returned to the Commonwealth as first lieutenant of the cruiser Melbourne last year. He afterwards joined the gunnery tender Pioneer, and at the beginning of 1914 was attached to the Royal Naval College at Geelong as skilled instructor. He then became Lieutenant-Commander. When the mixed force was lately sent away from Sydney Lieutenant-Commander Elwell was appointed to the command of the Royal Naval Reservists who went with it. He was an officer who was
Intensely popular with the cadets at Geelong and with his brother officers. He had a great charm of manner, and though quiet in speech was full of energy In action in work and games. The college boat's crew owes its efficiency to his coaching."
The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 September 1914.
Submitted 19 October 2015 by Elsa Reuter
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Charles Bingham ELWELL was born in St Cuthberts, England on 13th September, 1882
His parents were Paul Bedford ELWELL & Elizabeth Jane Louisa THORNE who married in St Stephens Church in Wickenham on 9th October, 1879
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