| Regimental number | 861 |
| Place of birth | Caltowie, South Australia |
| Marital status | Single |
| Height | 5' 10.5" |
| Weight | 164 lbs |
| Previous military service | Nil |
| Enlistment date | |
| Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
| Place of enlistment | Morphettville, South Australia |
| Rank on enlistment | Driver |
| Unit name | 10th Battalion, Headquarters |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/27/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board Transport A11 Ascanius on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Driver |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 10th Battalion |
| Fate | Returned to Australia |
| Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | *Given name Elliott Levy |
| Discharge date | |
| Other details |
Note on file: 'Missed embarkation with 10th Bn; embarked next day with another unit & rejoined at Albany, W.A.' Originally posted as a deserter; file subsequently amended. War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 2 May 1915. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 26 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 2 April 1916. Admitted to 3rd Australian Field Ambulance, 22 January 1917 (scabies); transferred to 36th Casualty Clearing Station, 24 January 1917 (pyrexia, unknown origin: serious); to Ambulance Train No 22, 25 January 1917, and admitted to 12th General Hospital, Rouen, 26 January 1917; transferred to England, 9 February 1917 [date on form B103 is, in error, 9/8/17] (trench feet), and admitted to 2nd Birmingham War Hospital, 10 February 1917; transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 2 April 1917; discharged on furlough, 5 April 1917, to report to No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 21 April 1917. Married Florence May WRIGHT, spinster, aged 22, Register Office, Wandsworth, 16 April 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 14 October 1917; rejoined 10th Bn, in the field, 21 October 1917. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Runic', 23 September 1918 (Submarine Guard Duty); disembarked Adelaide, 24 November 1918; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Adelaide, 20 January 1919. War service: 4 years 153 days (of which 4 years 34 days were abroad) Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Sources | NAA: B2455, SHEARER Elliott Leoney |
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