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ELCOCK, Jeremiah
Personal Details
Service Number: | 628 |
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Enlisted: | 9 March 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Birkenhead, England, 1896 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | St Laurences School, Birkenhead |
Occupation: | Ship's Fireman |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 17 July 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Franvillers Communal Cemetery Extension, Franvillers, Picardie, France, Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
9 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 628, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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29 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 628, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
29 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 628, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane | |
17 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 628, 25th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 628 awm_unit: 25 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-07-17 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Jeremiah ELCOCK was born in 1896 in Birkenhead, England
His parents were Thomas ELCOCK and Ellen MOYLAN who married in Birkenhead in 1885