Athol Gale ELDERSHAW

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ELDERSHAW, Athol Gale

Service Numbers:	98, 541, 4963
Enlisted:	12 August 1914, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia, 18 April 1895
Home Town:	Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
Schooling:	Fort Street High School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 20 July 1916, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix Plot I. Row B. Grave 1 (Coll.). Inscription: A TRIBUTE OF LOVE AND GRATITUDE
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cremorne St Peter's Anglican Church WW1 Honour Roll, Mosman St. Clements Anglican Church Great War Roll of Honour, 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, New South Wales
19 Aug 1914:	Embarked Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 98, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
19 Aug 1914:	Involvement Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), 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: ''
30 Dec 1914:	Discharged Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 98, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Discharge from service - Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force.
1 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 541, Depot Battalion , Liverpool, New South Wales
12 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, 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 AIF WW1, Sergeant, 541, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
4 Aug 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 541, 17th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Suez for Australia per H.M.T. "Port Lincoln" Sickness (VD)
2 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 541, 17th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Australia.
7 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4963, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
7 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4963, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
20 Apr 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 57th Infantry Battalion
20 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 6th Infantry Battalion
17 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4963, 57th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Transylvania"
23 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4963, 57th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4963, 57th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4963, 57th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action
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

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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, the 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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