Regimental number | 741 |
Place of birth | Richmond, Victoria |
Other Names | Charles Elliott |
School | Sandringham State School, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Hampton Street, Hampton, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Height | 5' 7.25" |
Weight | 140 lbs |
Next of kin | Mrs A.M. Banks, Hampton Street, Hampton, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served in the Senior Cadets (2 years); 46th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces (still serving at time of AIF enlistment). |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | South Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 5th Battalion, C Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/22/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A3 Orvieto on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 5th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | Fate given on Nominal Roll as 'Deceased'. |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Age at death | 20 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 24), Gallipoli, Turkey The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey. The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank. The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here. |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 42 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Charles Cecil and Alice May BANKS, Moroka, Beach Road, Hampton, Victoria |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Found guilty, Mena, Egypt, of being absent without leave from 2300 hours, 25 December 1914, until 2245 hours, 27 December 1914: awarded 7 days' detention, and leave stopped for 20 days. Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 5 April 1915. Posted as missing in action, Dardanelles, 25 April 1915. Now, 24 May 1915, reported as 'Killed in Action, Dardanelles, 25 April 1915', and body buried in 'Valley of Death''. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BANKS Elliott Charles |