COULTER, Elliott Hubert
| Other Name: | COULTER, Elliott Hubert - Australian War Memorial - Pre first world war conflicts nominal roll |
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| Service Number: | 19 |
| Enlisted: | 8 October 1902 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
| Born: | Gumeracha, Kenton Vallley, South Australia, Australia, 30 June 1877 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Guard |
| Died: | Springbank, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 30 January 1948, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Enfield Memorial Park, South Australia General, Row E, Site Number 23 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 19, 8th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse | |
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| 8 Oct 1902: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, 19 |
Elliott Hubert Coulter - his story
Born June 30, 1877 - Gumeracha, Kenton Vallley, South Australia, Australia
Deceased January 30, 1948 - Springbank, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Buried at - Enfield Memorial Park, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Occupation - Railway Guard
Elliott Coulter enlisted and was sent to serve in South Africa's Boer War (1899 - 1902). He travelled to Africa with his own horse, but peace broke out as they arrived. All the cavalrymen were ordered to take their horses ashore and shoot them! Reason being that they "couldn’t" bring them back to Australia.
A heartbreaking task!
A quaint, yellow-painted case in his granddaughter's garage was the one he carried with him to South Africa and back.
After returning to Australia, marrying and starting a family, Elliott spent time agitating/orating (soapbox-style) for what would eventually become the "Ghan" railway line between Alice Springs and Darwin.
Submitted 8 August 2024 by Margaret Korn
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