Athol Gale ELDERSHAW

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ELDERSHAW, Athol Gale

Service Numbers:	98, 541, 4963
Enlisted:	12 August 1914, Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Deniliquin, NSW, 1895
Home Town:	Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
Schooling:	Fort Street High School
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 20 July 1916
Cemetery:	Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix I B 1
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cremorne St Peter's Anglican Church WW1 Honour Roll, Petersham Fort Street High School Great War Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

12 Aug 1914:	Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 98, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Sydney, NSW
19 Aug 1914:	Involvement Private, 98, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
19 Aug 1914:	Embarked Private, 98, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
1 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 541, 17th Infantry Battalion
1 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4963, 6th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW
12 May 1915:	Involvement Sergeant, 541, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
12 May 1915:	Embarked Sergeant, 541, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
7 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4963, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
7 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4963, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement Sergeant, 4963, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4963 awm_unit: 57 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-07-20
Date unknown:	Involvement 57th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Philip and Mary ELDERSHAW, Moran Street, Mosman, New South Wales

Sergeant ATHOL GALE ELDERSHAW, third son of Mrs. M. Eldershaw, Royalist Road, Mosman, who fought in New Guinea with the first Expeditionary Forces, was killed in France on July 20. He was 21 years of age, and an old Fort Street schoolboy.

ELDERSHAW. - Killed in action in France, July 20, 1916, sergeant Athol Gale Eldershaw, aged 21 years.
His life for his country.

A TRIBUTE OF LOVE AND GRATITUDE

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