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Thomas Hampton ELLIOT

Date of birth10 May 1889
Place of birthYanyarrie, South Australia
SchoolSouth Melbourne College, Melbourne, Victoria
Other trainingCommercial
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTraveller
Address9 Cecil Street, West Leederville, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Height5' 6.75"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinFather, R Elliot, 9 Cecil Street, West Leederville, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date16 June 1915
Place of enlistmentPerth, Western Australia
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name16th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 12 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCaptain
Unit from Nominal Roll48th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 28 March 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Listed twice on Nominal Roll, once under ELLIOT, with final unit as 16th Bn; once under ELLIOTT with final unit as 48th Bn.
Place of death or woundingAlbert, France
Age at death28
Place of burialRibemont Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row J, Grave No. 7), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
145
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Frances ELLIOT, 9 Abbotsford Street, West Leederville, Western Australia
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength, 48th Bn, Serapeum, 27 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 2 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 9 June 1916.

Promoted Lieutenant, 6 August 1916.

Wounded in action, 7 August 1916; remained at duty.

Promoted Captain, 6 November 1916.

Seconded for duty with 12th Training Bn, Codford, 5 February 1917.

Admitted to Military Hospital, Codford, 27 February 1917; discharged to duty, 7 March 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 10 August 1917; joined 48th Bn, in the field, 15 August 1917.

On leave to United Kingdom, 30 December 1917; rejoined Bn from leave, 17 January 1918.

Killed in action, 28 March 1918.

Statement, Red Cross File No 1010107A, 4774 Pte W.R. DUDLEY, D Company, 48th Bn, 16 August 1918: 'He was my Captain. About the 28th March we were at Albert and were very hard pressed by the Germans. In the morning Captail Elliott [sic] thought that he had spotted a sniper and had a rifle and was trying to get him. But instead he was hit himself right through his helmet and killed outright. The S/Bs took his body away but I don't know about burial.'

Second statement, 4850 Pte H. SPENCER, A Company, 48th Bn (patient, Brondesbury Park Military Hospital, England), 30 July 1918: 'I was in action at Albert on April 2/18. Captain J.H. Elliott [sic] of 48 A.I.F. D. Coy was killed on April 2. I know it was not later than the 5th because we went in on the 1st and came out on the 5th April. Capt. Eliiott was sniped. I saw him drop. I know nothing of his burial. We were holding the line at the time; we retired on the 5th. We did not cover the ground again. I think was instantaneous, for I did not see him move after falling.'

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, ELLIOT Thomas Hampton
Red Cross File No 1010107A

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